W7201968818 Working papers AI × management and organizations

The Covert Lever: How the Artificial Intelligence Subsidy Is Being Withdrawn, and Who Absorbs It

Travis Gilly

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.7218018 · ssrn:7218018

ssrn abstract page · 2026-08-08

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Across eight AI-service sellers in 2025–2026, the abstract assembles a chronology of allowance and consumption-rate changes and argues that change legibility is necessary but not sufficient for organized buyer objection when locked-in consumers face less-visible quantity reductions.

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Scope: eight AI-service sellers during 2025–2026

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