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Beyond Tokens: Rethinking AI Economics with Microsoft Foundry

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ashokkarania
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Aug 28, 2026

Tokens have become the new unit of AI spend, but they were never the unit of value. This article makes the case for measuring enterprise AI by Cost per Successful Outcome, and shows how Microsoft Foundry and Agent 365 make that shift practical.

Beyond Tokens: Rethinking AI Economics with Microsoft Foundry From the cost of intelligence to the value of outcomes   Enterprise AI has an accounting problem. Executives expect agentic AI to...
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Sep 03, 2026

I’m developing the Global Balance System (GBS) — an AI‑based economic architecture that connects enterprise decision models with technical implementation layers. It’s designed to bridge exactly the gap you mentioned between practical use cases and architecture. I kindly ask that this concept be reviewed by Microsoft.
Should there be interest, I would be glad to formally present the Global Balance System (GBS) and provide full documentation for evaluation.