What happens when a company locks its workforce strategy into one AI vendor?
It trades a known, negotiable labor cost for an unpredictable one. Vendor pricing can change, usage-based billing can spike, and switching providers later means re-integrating entire workflows. Companies that fire workers to chase a vendor's roadmap are betting their operations on someone else's pricing decisions.
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