FinOps Weekly Podcast

Discover how an open-source, data-driven FinOps assessment is redefining cloud financial management, inspired by NIST and built by the FinOps community. We also discuss: - Why FinOps and cybersecurity practices have so much in common- How NIST inspired...

Discover how to manage AI costs, allocate AI spending, set effective budgets, and measure AI ROI. Rick Haggard from nOps explains the AI cost journey, governance, optimization, and how to connect AI spending with real business outcomes.

Discover why organizations need to move beyond cost control and focus on AI business value, cost per task, AI observability, governance, and strategic decision-making. We speak with Andre Lambert, FinOps Lead at H&M Group, about AI Economics, AI cost op...

We sit down with AWS experts Adam and Loïc to discuss AI cost optimization on AWS and how FinOps practices can help organizations gain visibility, allocate spend, and improve the efficiency of their AI workloads.

We explore Breaking Silos in FinOps and how organizations can bring Engineering, Product, Finance, FinOps and Leadership together to improve cloud cost management. Tony Kostov, FinOps Lead at Netcetera, shares practical insights on how to break organiza...

Learn how to optimize AWS security costs without compromising protection. AWS expert Ihor breaks down common setup errors, FinOps alignment, and budget-friendly AI security strategies. Enter the Summit: https://finopsweekly.com/finops-weekly-summit/#reg...

Discover how Cost Goblin enables local AWS cost analysis without additional infrastructure, third-party tools, or per-user dashboard costs. In this Summit Series interview, Victor speaks with Etienne, the creator of this open-source tool powered by Duc...

Learn how FinOps is evolving to tackle AI cost management and tokenomics. Discover actionable strategies for prompt engineering, model right-sizing, and cost governance across non-technical teams.00:00 AI Meets FinOps00:49 Tokenomics Explained04:38 Gua...

How to Choose the Right AI Model on GCP Without Blowing Your Budget in 2025. In this FinOps Weekly episode, we sit down with Bar to break down how to select the best AI model on Google Cloud's Vertex AI (now Agent Platform), balancing pricing, performa...

FinOps Meets SRE: How Site Reliability Engineering Principles Can Transform Your Cloud Cost Management Strategy in 2025.Discover how key SRE concepts like toil, SLAs, and blameless postmortems can be applied to FinOps practices. In this episode, an SRE...

Why FinOps for SaaS Is the Biggest Gap in Cloud Cost Management (And How to Tackle It)Discover why SaaS spend is a black hole in FinOps with no tool to scrape it all into a single pane of glass. In this FinOps X interview, Peter Greenshaw shares action...

What does the future of FinOps and AI spend optimization look like heading into 2027? In this interview recorded live at FinOps X in San Diego, we sit down with Zach Johnson to break down the biggest announcements, trends, and challenges shaping the Fi...

What Every FinOps Practitioner Needs to Know About Using AI to 10x Their ProductivityIn this interview recorded live at FinOps X in San Diego, AWS FinOps expert Ricardo shares how he went from barely using AI to making it a core part of his daily workf...

How to get High Savings with Commitments using a Free FinOps ToolAre you afraid to lock into a 3-year cloud contract because AI tech changes so fast? Buying on-demand burns your cash, but long commitments can trap your budget. Watch this FinOps X inter...

Tokenomics & FinOps AI: Managing AI Costs in 2026How tokenomics is reshaping FinOps in 2026: Ben from Vantage breaks down AI cost management, MCP, AI gateways, agentic workflows, and the new Canvas product launch at FinOps X San Diego. Learn more about ...

The Hidden AI Cost: Why Block Storage is Ruining Your Cloud BillAre you buying too much cloud storage for your AI projects? When teams get new GPUs, they often buy double or triple the storage they need just to be safe. In this FinOps Weekly interview, ...

What's going to happen with FinOps in 2027 explained by an industry Veteran. The cloud bill is changing fast. Soon, your biggest costs will not be servers, but AI tokens bought by HR and sales. Watch this interview with Erik Peterson at FinOpsX 2026 in ...

How to Cut Data Platform Costs on Snowflake, Databricks & BigQuery with FinOps and Autonomous AI OptimizationData platform spend has exploded from 5% to 30–50% of the total cloud bill, and most teams have no idea where the waste is hiding. In this FinO...

The FinOps Value Map: How to Connect Your Cloud Bill to Real RevenueAre you doing "half FinOps" by just cutting costs without showing the real business value? Saving money is great, but if you cannot prove the return on investment to your executives, y...

You have the data, but your cloud bill is still too high. The real problem is the execution gap. Watch this interview with Roni from Wiv to see how AI agents can automate your cloud tasks without writing a single line of code. Video Breakdown0:00 – Liv...

AI token costs are growing by 50% every month, and companies are getting a massive sticker shock. But how do you cut AI waste when the data is hidden on the developer's computer? Watch this FinOps X interview with PointFive CEO Alon to see how they rai...

Companies are signing million-dollar AI deals without looking at the bill. In this FinOps X San Diego interview, cloud expert Adedeji shares exactly when the AI cost shock will hit and how to protect your business. Watch to see why the future of cloud ...

How to Advance Your Tech Career with the FinOps Lattice: A Framework for Practitioners Who Feel StuckDiscover the FinOps Lattice, a 5-role career framework designed for FinOps professionals ready to level up. From end-user practitioner to builder, clou...

FinOps for AI and Data Workloads: Why Dashboards Are No Longer Enough for Cloud Cost ControlDiscover how enterprises must evolve their FinOps strategy to manage AI and data workload costs in real time. Industry experts Vijay Prankumar and Kiran Jain (C...

Discover the future of cloud cost optimization in this interview with Julia Berger. We explore how to transform the financial management of your cloud infrastructure and the revolution that AI brings to automation in the industry. Guest: Julia Melanie B...