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FinOps X 2026 Day 2 Keynote: From Alerts to Agents

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Introducing FOCUS 1.4: Invoice Reconciliation, Commitment Details, and Specification Maturity

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FinOps X 2026 Day 1 Keynote: The Wild West of AI, Token Economics and the Evolving Role of FinOps

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Building an Integrated FinOps Practice: Tim Wright’s FinOps Evolution at Nationwide

How a Head of Cloud Operations built a unified technology cost function spanning cloud, on-premise, software assets, and now evolving for AI

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Token Economics: The Atomic Unit of AI Value

AI Tokenomics, or Token economics in the context of AI, is the study of how the production, distribution, and consumption of tokens.

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Speed and Discipline: How Sonali Niswander Manages the Value of AI at MetLife

Sonali will be keynoting FinOps X in San Diego, June 8-11 2026. Attend to see her talk live. Key Insight: Sonali Niswander, SVP AI, Cloud an

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Bringing Data Center into Modern FinOps Using FOCUS

Key Insight: As more practitioners apply FOCUS to data center environments, demand for FinOps guidance in on-premises and hybrid estates is

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AI for FinOps: Agentic Use Cases in FinOps

Key Insight: As organizations move beyond the initial excitement of generative AI models, proactive, autonomous agents are transforming how