AI Cost Visibility: Why Policies Don't Stop Surprise Bills
Harness, Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Harness explains why written AI spend policies fail without enforced, real-time cost visibility.
Harness examines why organizations that have written AI spend policies still receive unexpected bills.
The post argues that governance documents without real-time visibility and enforcement change nothing about actual consumption.
It describes instrumenting AI usage by team, model, and workload so overruns surface before invoicing. The guidance targets engineering and FinOps leaders managing fast-growing AI budgets.