FinOps Weekly Podcast

FinOps for AI and Data Workloads: Why Dashboards Are No Longer Enough

FinOps for AI and Data Workloads: Why Dashboards Are No Longer Enough for Cloud Cost Control Discover how enterprises must evolve their FinOps strategy to manage AI and data workload costs in real time. Industry experts Vijay Prankumar and Kiran Jain (CEO of Finopsly) break down the accountability gap, shadow AI spend, governed automation, and the steps leaders must take to connect cloud and AI costs to real business value. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro & Guest Overview 01:00 - The Strategy Gap in Cloud & AI Spend 02:25 - Budget Accountability & Planning Cycle Challenges 03:20 - Engineering vs Finance in FinOps Structure 04:15 - How AI & Data Workloads Changed FinOps 05:30 - The Monthly Billing Cycle Is No Longer Enough 06:45 - Shadow AI: The New Unmanaged Spend Category 07:45 - Attribution & Tagging AI Costs Across Stacks 08:30 - Where Is FinOps Heading in the Next 12 Months? 09:40 - Shadow AI Spend: A Real Enterprise Problem 11:00 - DBUs, Snowflake Credits & Unified Cost Metrics 12:30 - Bridging Finance & Engineering with a Common Language 13:30 - Real-Life $60K Snowflake Query Gone Wrong 16:00 - The Need for Real-Time Anomaly Detection 18:30 - C-Level ROI Pressure & AI Spend Governance 21:00 - Governance vs Dashboards: A Critical Distinction 23:00 - Value Control as the Next FinOps Frontier 26:00 - What Separates Successful FinOps Organizations 31:30 - Governed Automation in Regulated Industries 35:30 - 3 Actionable Steps for Leaders to Fix FinOps 38:30 - One Key Piece of Advice to Make FinOps Work 41:00 - Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up

AI Agents in FinOps | The New Frontier for Optimizing Cloud Costs

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 Becker 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 Becker 00:00 - Intro 03:39 - What drives teams to change cloud spending behavior? 05:11 - How to get teams engaged with FinOps 07:22 - Biggest FinOps implementation challenges 10:55 - Building FinOps champions inside your teams 14:13 - Hidden FinOps insights most teams overlook 15:39 - Key FinOps questions teams should be asking

Common FinOps Mistakes and HOW to Avoid Them

Avoid the most common FinOps mistakes and accelerate cloud value realization. Victor & Ben discuss on building a practice without community support limits results, how inaccurate data erodes engineering trust, and why manual commitment management directly impacts costs. Learn how to avoid inaction, reduce unproductive meetings, and leverage automation with reliable data to drive real savings and strategic decision-making. 00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw] Welcome and guest intro 03:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=215s] Start FinOps with community 05:23 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=323s] Cost of failure insights 09:24 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=564s] Driving adoption with data 19:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=1144s] Common FinOps mistakes 22:51 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=1371s] Reservations and Real Savings 24:45 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=1485s] Beyond Savings to Forecasting 30:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=1800s] First Steps for New Teams 34:57 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=2097s] Recognition and Internal Marketing 38:57 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=2337s] Executive Support and FinOps Glue 40:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgZCvHSoHw&t=2454s] Conclusion

FinOps Data ISN'T the Solution You Think it Is!

Discover how to use business context and internal marketing to drive real FinOps adoption. Learn how to apply a value-driven cloud strategy by moving beyond raw data and adding human and business context. Our podcast guest: Ben de Mora 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Data Is Not Enough 01:58 Context Behind Costs 04:00 Ownership And Incentives 07:00 Engineering Priorities 09:00 Make FinOps Relevant 16:51 FinOps Shapes Strategy 27:00 Margins And Balance Sheets 30:27 Using AI For Analysis 39:12 Wrap Up And Next Steps

How AI will change FinOps | AI FinOps Specialist?

We analyze how Generative AI is changing the rules of FinOps. We break down the new skills required for the FinOps Persona and how to decouple experimentation spend from production costs. Most importantly, we showcase real-world examples of how to build your own tools (MCP) without being an expert developer. 00:00 AI Meets FinOps 04:10 New Skills to Become Better FinOps 09:19 Examples of using AI in Daily Workflow 17:05 Vibe Coding and Tooling Shift 23:16 Governing AI Spend 27:46 FinOps Team Restructuring 34:07 Staying Current Without Burnout