New release · By Chad B. Rawlings
Stop overpaying for every token your company burns — and prove it to the board.
The book that puts your runaway AI bill in front of the people who sign the checks, and hands them the architecture, and the tool, to take it back.
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The Problem
Somewhere in your company, an AI bill is climbing that no one can explain.
Enterprise AI was supposed to save money. Instead it is quietly overcharging you: runaway token spend, unverified outputs, and autonomous agents acting with no one's approval. Most leaders cannot even name the number. This book calls it the AI Tax, and almost every company is paying it right now.
Not Hypothetical
This is already happening.
A top Wall Street law firm filed a court motion built on fabricated AI citations.
An autonomous agent deleted a live production database.
One enterprise was billed half a billion dollars in a single month.
The danger is not the AI model. It is the missing architecture around it.
What's Inside
SHIELD: the six gates every enterprise needs to bring AI under control.
Sovereignty
Keep operating even if your vendor throttles, reprices, or cuts you off.
High-Assurance
Prove every output before it reaches a client, court, or board.
Intelligent Economics
Route every task to the right model and end runaway token spend.
Execution Excellence
Stop agents from transacting or committing beyond set limits.
Localized Control
Keep regulated and proprietary data out of public models.
Dependable Governance
Enforce your rules in the system, so AI cannot act around them.
The Tool
Don't just read the framework. Run the numbers on your own company.
The Book + Calculator & Exec Report package includes the AI Tax Calculator, the professional, interactive version of the book's diagnostic. Answer a short guided assessment and get:
- A quantified estimate of your AI Tax, built only from your own inputs.
- A full SHIELD score across all six gates, with your biggest exposures named.
- A board-ready, one-page report you can export as a PDF and take into the room.
- Quarterly re-assessment so you can prove your governance is improving over time.
Your data stays private to your account, encrypted, and is never shared.
Who It's For
Written for the people who answer for it.
The Author
Written by an operator, not an academic.
Chad B Rawlings has spent more than twenty years on the selling side of enterprise technology. He helped take both Outreach and InsideSales.com past $100 million, and has spent years building AI systems himself, not commissioning them. This is an honest diagnosis and a practical cure, with no hype.
Early Praise
Add a testimonial here from a CFO, CIO, or board director.
A second endorsement — ideally naming a real dollar figure the framework surfaced.
A third — from a technical operator confirming the architecture is real.
The Offer
Choose your package.
Package A
The Book
- The full book in a protected online reader
- The SHIELD Exposure Diagnostic (in-book)
- Instant download, any device
Package B — Best Value
The Book + Calculator & Exec Report
- Everything in The Book
- Lifetime access to the AI Tax Calculator (full SHIELD scoring + quantified AI Tax)
- Board-ready PDF reports and quarterly re-assessment
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FAQ
Questions.
What do I get right after paying?
An instant, secure download of the ebook, and for the bundle, an email with your private login link to the AI Tax Calculator.
What format is the book?
A protected online reader you access with your account — read on phone, tablet, or computer, no shareable file.
Is the tool secure and private?
Yes. Your inputs are private to your account, encrypted, and never shared.
Is this technical?
No. It's for executives and boards, not engineers.
Can I expense it?
Yes, you'll get a receipt.
The meter is running.
This is how you stop it.
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