Episode

The cost of intelligence: AI FinOps and the future of AI spending

Podcast: DevOps Sauna from Eficode
Published: Jul 31, 2026
Duration seconds: 1721
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Send us Fan Mail AI costs can change fast, especially when tokens, premium models, and agentic workflows enter the picture. In this episode, Pinja Kujala and Henri Terho discuss AI FinOps, why AI spending is harder to predict than cloud costs, and how organizations can build visibility, governance, and smarter cost controls around AI usage.