AI value creation meets cost accountability as FinOps evolves beyond cloud
As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are focused on balancing value creation with effective AI-driven cost management. Companies are implementing stronger governance and FinOps practices to bring greater control, accountability and visibility to this rapidly evolving landscape.
FinOps has evolved beyond its traditional focus on cloud cost management. As the scope and value of FinOps continue to expand, AI has become a major area of focus, according to Trent Allgood (pictured, right), vice president of information technology asset management and FinOps consulting at SoftwareOne Inc. and governing board member at FinOps Foundation Inc.
“When you say ‘chaos,’ that’s what we’re all trying to figure out now,” Allgood said. “Everybody’s been thrown, ‘Here’s AI, go use it, go create value.’ How do we now manage the costs that it’s also creating?”
Allgood and Parker Nancollas (left), global FinOps practice lead at SoftwareOne Holding AG, spoke with theCUBE’s John Furrier and Paul Nashawaty at the FinOps X 2026, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the evolution of FinOps to address AI-driven cost management and the growing importance of cross-functional collaboration to maximize business value from technology investments. (* Disclosure below.)
