# Ankit Chopra on Why Partnerships Are the New Procurement

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Podcast: [Go To Masters Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/go-to-masters-show-6426488)
Published: 2026-01-22T10:56:34+00:00
Episode link: https://go-to-masters-show.transistor.fm/episodes/ankit-chopra-on-why-partnerships-are-the-new-procurement
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## Resource

Ankit Chopra is the Director of Financial Planning and Analytics for Cloud and AI Products at Neo4j. On this episode of the Finance Fireside podcast, he shares insights from applying AI and ML models to forecasting across Meta, Mambo, Atlassian, and Kespry—expertise that's now mainstream as the world catches up to what he's been doing for a decade. Why finance is the "central nervous system" tracking and sending signals across product, engineering, and GTM teams The pricing alignment triangle: customer value, usage, and financials must all synchronize for sustainable growth How partnerships with cloud/AI providers create shared ecosystems of efficiency versus local optimization Connect with Ankit: LinkedIn Follow us: Linkedin | X

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