Published: Oct 14, 2026
News On Tech Podcast: NCS' Chief AI Officer on why AI bills are rising as token costs drop
In Episode 17 of Tech Conversations with Grace Chng, NCS’ Chief AI Officer, Edward Chen, breaks down why enterprise AI budgets are swelling despite falling token prices. He discusses the pitfalls of "token-oblivious" spending and agentic loops, how NCS reframes ROI around outcomes using its Sunshine.core platform, and why proprietary data, not compute, is the hidden budget trap in physical AI.