AI procurement
NVIDIA’s $4,999 DGX Spark 64GB: What Can It Run Locally?
NVIDIA’s DGX Spark 64GB starts at $4,999. Examine its model-capacity claim, shared memory, two-system option and questions to ask before ordering.
Meta Names an Enterprise AI Platform, but Buyers Still Lack the Terms
Meta has named an enterprise platform effort spanning Muse, Business Agent and developer tools. The September 28 announcement establishes the strategy and a new leader, but leaves the commercial and technical terms buyers need unresolved.
Claude Opus 5.5 Pricing: What Anthropic’s 40% Cost Claim Means
Claude Opus 5.5 has lower token rates than Opus 5, but the 40% typical-workload cost estimate is not a blanket discount. Cache reuse, token consumption, effort, speed mode, retries, and safeguard routing shape the actual API cost per accepted result.
OpenAI’s OneGov Deal Makes AI Cheaper to Start—Not Easier to Budget
The new 27-month GSA agreement drops the user license fee to zero and halves usage costs. The missing number is the one procurement teams need most: the actual rate card.