Name: The Cost of Intelligence: A Breakfast Briefing on AI Spend
Start: 2026-09-22T13:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-22T15:00:00.000Z
Location: Microsoft New England Research and Development Center · 1 Memorial Drive · Cambridge, MA 02142

The Cost of Intelligence: A Breakfast Briefing on AI Spend

Free morning briefing hosted by Bay State IT at Microsoft's Cambridge, MA research center, with a talk on managing AI spend followed by Q&A, bracketed by two networking blocks.

Tue, Sep 22, 9:00 AMMicrosoft New England Research and Development Center · 1 Memorial Drive · Cambridge, MA 02142

Why it matters

Gives builders and IT leads a structured look at controlling AI costs instead of guessing, with direct access to a presenter and other practitioners doing the same cost math.

The tokenmaxxing angle

Billed as covering how to choose the right model, manage context, and tune reasoning to get more from every token -- the exact model-routing and cost-control tradeoffs this site tracks.

From the organizers

Agenda shows a dedicated 60-minute slot, 'Presentation: The Cost of Intelligence + Q&A,' from 9:30-10:30am, sandwiched between breakfast and open networking.