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businessMonday, July 6, 2026

AI bills baffle C-suite as pricing shifts

Corporate leaders are struggling to understand AI costs as providers move to usage-based pricing. Meanwhile, Microsoft admits its biggest AI mistake and pivots to model flexibility, and Japan bets big on Micron's chip expansion.

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AI pricing pains

The shift from flat-rate subscriptions to usage-based billing is creating headaches for enterprises.

Chips and energy shifts

Big money is flowing into hardware and energy, from Japan's chip subsidies to natural gas's rise.

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Tokyo puts billions behind Micron's chip plan

Micron breaks ground on a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.3 billion) chip plant expansion in Hiroshima, with Japan providing ¥500 billion ($3.1 billion) in subsidies, an unusually large public contribution.

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