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Enterprise AI spend hits $177B as agents become the biggest consumers of model tokens

๐Ÿ“… November 3, 2026 โ€ข menlovc.com What happened Menlo Ventures published its fourth annual State of Enterprise AI report, and the headline number is hard to ignore: enterprise AI deployment spending reached $177B by September 2026, up from $33B a year earlier โ€” a 5.4x jump that accelerates last yeaโ€ฆ

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    Enterprise AI spend hits $177B as agents become the biggest consumers of model tokens

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