FinOps Forward 2026: FinOps Foundation Keynote

The State of FinOps 2026 reveals how AI, expanded scope, and technology value are reshaping cost management.

Learn how FinOps teams are evolving beyond cloud optimisation to manage AI, SaaS, and enterprise technology spend.

In this session, Steve Trask, COO of the FinOps Foundation, walks through the key findings from the State of FinOps Report 2026, based on insights from practitioners managing over $83 billion in cloud spend worldwide.

You’ll learn:

- How FinOps teams are structured and where they report across organisations
- Why AI cost management is now the most in-demand FinOps skill
- How FinOps scope continues to expand into SaaS, data centres, software, and AI
- The rising importance of allocation, unit economics, and automation
- Why optimisation funds AI initiatives—and why automation is essential for mature teams
- How FinOps is becoming a cultural, organisation‑wide discipline

The session also explores the growing role of AI for FinOps, including tagging, forecasting, optimisation, and automation—along with the challenges of aligning AI cost with business value.
Whether you’re new to FinOps or leading a mature practice, this session provides a clear snapshot of where the discipline is headed and how leading organisations are adapting.

👉 Download the full State of FinOps Report 2026 and explore the interactive data at data.finops.org.

Timestamps:

00:00 – State of FinOps 2026: Why this year matters
01:06 – How FinOps teams are structured and where they report
03:49 – Skills, collaboration, and expanding FinOps scope
09:25 – FinOps for AI, AI for FinOps, and unit economics
10:33 – FinOps scope expansion: SaaS, data centres, and labour spend
17:08 – AI spend becomes standard + the hard problems (value + allocation)
26:05 – Key takeaways: AI dominance and FinOps as a cultural discipline

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