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title: "Even an AI cost-management vendor can lose control of its agent spending"
date: 2026-08-27
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description: "In one instance, an AI agent stayed open for four days and ran 4,819 calls for almost $4,000. No one had budgeted for this cost."
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# Even an AI cost-management vendor can lose control of its agent spending

In one instance, an AI agent stayed open for four days and ran 4,819 calls for almost $4,000. No one had budgeted for this cost.

*Published: 2026-08-27*