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Budgeting for AI spend

How to build an AI budget you can explain, justify, and defend.

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What's Inside

AI spend is a black hole.

And it's only getting bigger.

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Most finance teams still can't define AI spend, let alone forecast it. FY27 is when that needs to change. This guide walks through the three questions your board will ask, and every section ends with a board-ready answer you can adapt.

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In this guide, you'll learn how to:

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  • Figure out what you actually spent on AI, including the costs that are easy to miss.
  • Show whether that spend was worth it. with a level of proof that matches the stakes.
  • Build next year’s AI budget from the drivers underneath it. not a blanket growth rate.

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Accompanying Claude skill + AI spend template coming soon...

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