August 2024 FinOps Summit: FinOps X Recap, FOCUS, and FinOps & AI

The FinOps Foundation is back with the Virtual Summit series! In this session, we recap FinOps X 2024, review big updates for FOCUS, and take a closer look at FinOps for AI (and AI for FinOps!).

Huge thanks to our speakers:
Dhara Kansagara (BetaNXT) sharing how to adopt FOCUS, and Shawn Alpay (Envisor) announcing the launch of the FOCUS User Group!
Jason Rhoades (Intuit) and Josh Collier (Grammarly) on applying FinOps to GenAI and tips for practitioners on getting started in AI, and Kyle Campos (CTO, CloudBolt, and Governing Board member) on AI for FinOps.

00:00 Introduction
07:27 FinOps X 2024 Recap
20:27 FOCUS Practitioner Adoption Story with Dhara Kansagara (BetaNXT)
31:25 Launch of the FOCUS User Group with Shawn Alpay (Envisor)
36:44 Applying GenAI to FinOps (FinOps X '24 reprise)
49:44 The Promise of AI for FinOps with Kyle Campos (CTO, CloudBolt)

IMPORTANT LINKS
Join the community: https://finops.org/join
Full FinOps X 2024 Playlist:    • FinOps X ‘24 Day 1 KEYNOTE: Google Cl...  
FinOps X session library - https://www.finops.org/finops-x-sessi...
Evolution of FinOps -    • FinOps X ‘24 Day 1 KEYNOTE: Google Cl...  
FinOps Certified Professional - https://learn.finops.org/page/finops-...
FOCUS - https://focus.finops.org/
Applying FinOps to GenAI -    • Applying FinOps to GenAI: Perspective...  
Harnessing AI for FinOps - https://www.finops.org/members/cloudb...

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