# FinOps for AI Overview

**Source:** FinOps Foundation · **Published:** May 1, 2026 · **Format:** Framework · **Category:** Practitioner methodology
**Measures:** Cost

The Foundation's own implementation-guidance baseline for applying FinOps discipline to AI workloads — cost allocation, GPU utilization, and usage optimization as a practice, not a single tool. Useful as the reference definition to check any vendor's "FinOps for AI" claim against.

**Useful for:** Building methodology

Source: https://www.finops.org/wg/finops-for-ai-overview/