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# Enterprise AI lock-in forces costly model switching delays
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/enterprise-ai-lock-in-forces-costly-model-switching-delays/
- Published: 2026-04-28T16:01:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-28T16:01:46.000Z
- Description: Companies that bet on proprietary AI platforms are discovering they cannot switch vendors as cheaply or quickly as they assumed. Retraining costs, data migration friction, and organizational inertia mean competitive model swaps take months instead of weeks.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, AI & ML, ethics

Source: [The Register](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/locked%5Fstocked%5Fand%5Flosing%5Fbudget/?ref=adjacent.media)

Companies that bet on proprietary AI platforms are discovering they cannot switch vendors as cheaply or quickly as they assumed. Retraining costs, data migration friction, and organizational inertia mean competitive model swaps take months instead of weeks. This vendor stickiness mirrors cloud infrastructure lock-in but operates faster—models deprecate and new competitors emerge rapidly, yet enterprises remain trapped in expensive integration debt. The cost isn't switching itself; it's the competitive disadvantage of being forced to stick with yesterday's model while competitors run newer, cheaper alternatives.