AI ROI: How Enterprises Can Measure the Return on AI Investments
Cohere, Thursday, October 15th, 2026
Cohere explains why enterprise AI ROI is hard to calculate and how to forecast and measure returns.
Cohere defines AI ROI as financial return relative to the total cost of deploying and operating an AI system, realized through cost savings, added profit or both.
It notes that AI costs vary with design, deployment and usage, and that operational gains such as speed, output and quality do not always translate cleanly into financial value.
The post explains these difficulties and how enterprises can account for them when forecasting and measuring returns.