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Armonk, N.Y. – November 10, 2026 -- Apptio, an IBM company, is rolling out native connections for leading frontier AI systems, aiming to close a visibility gap in which 85% of surveyed technology executives say they cannot see real-time AI spending in full.

The figure comes from an IBM Institute for Business Value study published in June 2026. It surveyed 2,000 senior technology executives across 33 geographies and 19 industries, in work conducted with Oxford Economics from January to April 2026. AI costs are spread across model providers, cloud infrastructure, applications and teams, which makes it hard to tell which initiatives deliver business value.