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Gartner puts a 5× number on agentic inference through 2028
verifiedFinanceConsulting
Monday, August 17, 2026
Confidence
High · — Gartner primary with named analyst and quantified claim
Evidence
Gartner press release + trade-press coverage
Gartner published a forecast Monday that AI inference costs per agentic workflow will increase more than fivefold through 2028.
- Agentic reasoning models raise inference costs at least fivefold.
- Falling per-token prices are subsidizing more complex workflows, not net savings.
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