For two years, companies bought AI one way: pick the most powerful model and run everything through it. That era is ending.

A new discipline called model routing is taking hold, sending hard tasks to expensive frontier models and easy ones to cheaper, faster alternatives. It can cut AI bills dramatically. But it also means OpenAI and Anthropic stop getting paid for every task, which complicates the IPO story both are built on.

Deirdre Bosa talks to Scott Wu, co-founder and CEO of Cognition (maker of the coding agent Devin), about his new engineering value guarantee, why Devin routes across models automatically, and what it actually takes to measure AI’s return. Then Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel on the cost shock hitting the enterprise, why his own company blew through its AI budget, and whether the frontier labs can hold their pricing power.

Anchor and columnist: Deirdre Bosa
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Why The Fix For AI’s Spending Problem Is Not Good For OpenAI And Anthropic
Why The Fix For AI’s Spending Problem Is Not Good For OpenAI And Anthropic

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The rapid spread of AI across corporate America is creating a crisis for young adults with college degrees who are finding a slowdown in hiring for entry-level positions in AI-exposed industries.

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CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa reports on Alibaba’s entry into the smart-speaker market with the Genie device, which the tech giant announced Wednesday. For now, the device only speaks Mandarin.
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The 2026 World Cup will be the most attended tournament to date. Recent outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola and the hantavirus have caused public concern that a health crisis could be on the way. But officials believe there are higher risks of other, more contagious diseases. CNBC’s Annika Constantino has the details.

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Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Ebola At The World Cup And What To Watch For Instead

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