Without well-designed cost pools, AI cost analysis tends to stay trapped in scattered invoices and project codes instead of becoming a decision-ready management view.
Glossary entry
Cost Pools
Aggregated groups of cost that are collected before being allocated, mapped, or analyzed further.
Why it matters
Cost pools matter because AI cost is often fragmented across vendors, cloud services, labor, and governance functions, and pooled views are a first step toward useful attribution.
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