OFFICE HOURS

Agent Observability & Tokenomics: Real World Questions, Use Cases, and Insights

Thursday, September 24, 2026  |  11:00AM–12:00PM PT

AI is rapidly transitioning into an era of economic discipline. As organizations move from simple chatbot prototypes to complex, agentic workflows, the hidden costs of AI, ranging from exponential token consumption to infrastructure overhead, are becoming a significant operational challenge. To scale AI sustainably, leaders must move beyond trial-and-error, adopting a data-driven approach that balances model performance with real-world cost efficiency to ensure that every AI investment delivers measurable business value.

Join us for this 60-minute session as we answer questions live around, real-world AI deployment and observability challenges, Tokenomics strategy and cost optimization approaches, Improving visibility across LLMs, agents, and infrastructure, and best practices for scaling AI systems in production

What you will learn:

  • Mastering the Economics of Agents: Understand why agentic workflows, which plan, iterate, and use tools, can cause token consumption to skyrocket, and learn how to forecast these costs before they hit your budget.
  • Connecting AI to Infrastructure: Gain insights into how your AI application performance is tied to your underlying hardware, including GPUs, memory, and network fabric, and why monitoring these together is critical for true cost visibility.
  • Implementing Proactive Governance: Learn how to deploy real-time guardrails that prevent issues like hallucinations, PII leakage, and runaway agent loops, ensuring your AI remains safe and reliable for end-users.
  • Transitioning to Evidence-Based AI: Discover how to move away from "vibes-based" development by using automated evaluation techniques that provide hard metrics on model quality, safety, and accuracy at scale.

Explore the rest of our series by joining our upcoming events:

[Webinar]
Build Reliable, Cost-Effective Agents with Splunk Agent Observability
July 28th, 2026 | 10:00am–11:00am PT

[Tech Talk]
Inside Splunk Agent Observability: Understanding Agent Behavior, Tokens & Costs
August 6th, 2026 | 10:00am–11:00am PT

[Workshop]
Build Better, Spend Less: A Hands-On Workshop on Token Efficiency
August 27th, 2026 | 10:00am–11:30am PT

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Splunk Inc.

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Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Splunk Inc.

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