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From waste to value

What changes when AI spend enters the FinOps conversation. A reading of State of FinOps 2026.

Ricardo Martínez · · Editorial summary v1

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98% of respondents manage AI spend, up from 31% in 2024. Source: FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026.

Why it matters

Our practical proposal: connect each optimization opportunity to its resource, usage and a verifiable decision. Kirux’s AI category identifies resources such as SageMaker notebooks and accelerated compute; it does not measure the entire return on an AI investment.

Method and limits

A reading of an industry survey. Percentages describe respondents, not all businesses. No customer accounts, client data or NullGhost savings results are published.

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