Insights
The CFO's Guide to AI Spend Under Management
Spend under management means AI labor is metered, owned, budgeted, and attested — not merely invoiced. For CFOs, that is the difference between an AI strategy and an uncontrolled payroll of machines.
The questions that matter
What did agents cost last month? By business unit? Against which outcomes? Which budgets breached? What evidence would we show the board? Only 7% of executives can demonstrate AI ROI (KPMG 2026) — Agent FinOps closes that gap.
Operating cadence
Weekly anomaly review, monthly chargeback, quarterly ROI attestation. Pair with budgets and spend policies and What Is Agent FinOps?. Meridian · Assessment.
About Brian Diamond
Brian Diamond is a fractional Chief AI Officer who works with mid-market and enterprise organizations on AI strategy, governance, and operations. In 2001 he founded LanStatus, a managed services provider based in Trumbull, Connecticut, with named partnerships across Microsoft, HPE, Citrix, and VMware. He brings 25 years of infrastructure operations to AI leadership and publishes the CAIO Brief.
Also publishes at: day9.coffee · ChiliStation · PlotLuck · Beacon
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