Why it matters
Agent fleets multiply token calls, but 35% of leaders name cost management and economic literacy — grasping usage-based token pricing — as a barrier. Enterprises are scaling the spend faster than the instrumentation needed to watch it.
Tokenmaxxing read
A textbook tokenmaxxing blind spot: 66% run monitoring dashboards and 61% have approval workflows, but only 36% enforce token or usage controls. Dashboards without a token budget let agent orchestration outrun the meter — the FinOps gap KPMG is flagging.
Source takeaway
CFO Dive (June 25, 2026): KPMG’s Rahsaan Shears says coordinated agents reshape not just workflows but the underlying cost structure; overall agent deployment held near steady at 53% (from 55%) even as multi-agent orchestration and its visibility gap widened.
