Webinar
The true cost of AI: A reality check for fund managers
AI now comes with a meter running. Join our expert panel to explore how consumption-based pricing is reshaping AI adoption and how to prove it’s delivering measurable value.
About the webinar
23rd September 2026 - 10:00 BST
45 minutes
The era of free AI is coming to an end. Providers including Claude and Microsoft are moving towards metered, consumption-based pricing. Claude charges by the token, while Microsoft has moved Copilot Cowork from free preview to Copilot Credits. Every prompt, document and automated task now has a measurable cost.
The key question is simple: Is your AI spend delivering measurable business value? Without the right visibility and controls, AI could follow the path of cloud computing, with sprawl, bill shock and governance challenges emerging only after costs have spiralled.
Webinar details
This webinar brings together an expert panel to provide a commercial reality check on AI. As vendors move from free access to metered pricing, we'll look beyond the productivity headlines to explore what AI really costs, where it creates value, and whether it can genuinely prove more cost-effective than the people it's intended to replace. You'll gain practical insights into AI pricing, cost control, governance, and ROI, helping you build a sustainable strategy for AI adoption.
Please register below.
What you’ll learn:
- Token-omics: what usage-based pricing means for your cost base
- The free-to-metered playbook - and where AI pricing goes next
- Value per token: separating productive spend from waste
- Token maxing and AI sprawl: how costs quietly escalate
- The hidden costs: infrastructure, data, security, governance
- Will AI actually be cheaper than people?
- Building a commercially realistic AI strategy before the meter runs away from you
Register now to hear practical insights from industry experts on how to measure AI value, control costs, and ensure your AI investment delivers a meaningful return.
Speakers
Brad Dowden
Founder, CIO Circle
Brad is an experienced CIO, independent technology advisor and Founder of The CIO Circle, with over 27 years’ experience helping organisations maximise technology investments. He advises organisations on the true cost of AI and how to ensure growing AI spend translates into measurable business outcomes.
Walid Al Saqqaf
Co-founder and CTO, Rebalance Earth
Walid leads the technology underpinning the firm’s investment approach, including GPAP, its proprietary platform for identifying environmental risks, mapping investible opportunities and supporting evidence-led decisions. He brings deep experience applying digital technologies to complex challenges, ensuring the firm’s work is scalable, data-driven and robust, aligning financial capital with the restoration of Nature.
Adrian Bolton
Head of IT, GHO Capital
Adrian is Head of IT at GHO Capital, Europe’s leading investor in healthcare with €10bn in AUM. He has over 25 years’ experience in Financial Services Technology across a diverse range of FS firms, including Investment Banking, Asset Finance, Wholesale Banking, M&A Advisory, & Private Banking.
Henry Duncombe
Managing Director, Lanware
Henry is the Managing Director of Lanware and its vision to be the leading technology outsourcing partner to the financial services industry.
Dan O’Hara
Chief Technology Officer, Lanware
As the CTO of Lanware, Dan brings over a decade of experience in the design and delivery of IT technology, helping financial services organisations leverage the power of the cloud to drive innovation and growth.
Facilitator
Bryn Morgan
Head of Business Development, Lanware
Bryn runs business development and client relationships at Lanware with over 25 years of experience as both a client and provider of technology services. Bryn regularly speaks to COOs within investment management and acts as a strategic advisor to Lanware clients.
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