IBM backs model routing to steer AI workloads across providers as costs and performance shift

• IBM Consulting flagged model routing as a core planning priority to keep AI deployments portable as model performance and pricing shift.
• Strategy centers on a hybrid AI approach using smaller customized models alongside foundation models, with most organizations expected to pivot by 2030.
• Investment focus shifts to open technologies, workload portability, hybrid operations to reduce lock-in, preserve flexibility for rapid model changes.
• Operational plans target faster capital reallocation, process redesign, workforce reskilling to match new AI capabilities and cost curves.

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