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Why Agent Governance Platforms Don't Answer the Cost Question
Microsoft Agent 365, Okta, Cisco, and peers are building important agent identity, access, and security controls. That work is necessary. It is not FinOps. Knowing an agent is allowed to run does not tell you what it cost or whether the outcome beat a human baseline.
Different questions
Governance platforms ask: who, what policy, what risk. Agent FinOps asks: how much, who pays, what return. Treating them as substitutes leaves finance blind.
Position Meridian as complementary — the FinOps system of record beside your control plane. Related: AI Cost Governance for Enterprise Teams. 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.
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