AI Overspending

20 Jan 2026

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Over last couple of years several big orgs have been spending a lot on recruiting AI talent, building AI tools & infrastructure, etc by cutting cost on several important aspect and Quality has been of those. This meme explains, how large spendings on AI & reduction of AI talent is backfiring & soon leaders would start reinvesting in Quality.

This meme is based on my article published in Software Testing Magazine.
Please Read for context: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399906499_Software_Testing_Magazine_-_The_AI_Investment_Pendulum_Is_About_to_Swing_Back
Ravikiran Karanjkar
Engineering Manager
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Senior QA and engineering leader with 18+ years of experience at Amazon, NVIDIA, etc. specializing in large-scale cloud systems, resiliency testing, and building high-performing quality organizations.

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