The FinOps for AI Cost Playbook: From AI Spend to AI ROI

What are you spending on AI, and is it worth it?

For most teams, the answer isn’t simple. Engineering sees tokens. IT sees seats. Finance sees one line called cloud. AI spend is spread across inference, infrastructure, and licenses, with no single view of the total.

This whitepaper shows you how to see every AI dollar, measure it against real outcomes, and prove what your AI investment returns.

Inside, you’ll discover:

• The AI Visibility Problem: Where the money actually goes
• Unit Economics: From cost per token to cost per outcome
• AI Optimization: Where the savings are, and how to keep them
• Measuring AI ROI: Proving the spend was worth it
• The Maturity Model: Where you stand, and where to start