Is your architecture preventing you from calculating AI value?

I argued in my last column, The case and model for real-time AI cost visibility at the infrastructure layer , that the AI measurement problem looks to be finally solved as a technical matter, and that companies can now manage AI as a strategic investment rather than a pay-and-pray experiment. That’s the defining shift for the next era of AI, but with one clarification: it’s only true for organizations whose architecture permits it. My work puts me inside enterprise engineering teams, helping pra