State of AI in FinOps 2026 | | Harness Resources

AI Spend: Rising Fast & Running Blind

Ready to see where your AI spend is actually going? Our comprehensive report reveals the surprising reality behind AI cost management in FinOps and engineering teams across the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Based on insights from 700 engineering leaders and practitioners in FinOps, this study uncovers a widening gap between how fast AI spend is climbing and how little organizations can explain about it.

While 80% of organizations report AI spend increasing in the past six months, the real story is more nuanced. Enterprises are racing past $1M-a-month in AI costs while ownership, attribution, and governance structures haven't caught up, leaving over a quarter of all AI spend unaccounted for and unexplained.

What You'll Discover:

• The ownership crisis: 52% of organizations have no clear, dedicated AI cost owner and four different functions each hold a piece of the bill with no one accountable for the whole
• The hidden waste: Organizations estimate 26% of all AI spend is wasted, and nearly a third of teams need a full week to trace the source of a cost spike
• The maturity roadmap: High-performing organizations follow a proven sequence that includes naming an owner, building a single cost view, and embedding cost data into engineering workflows before writing policy

Download your copy now to discover how to close the gap between AI spend and AI accountability before it becomes a CFO-level problem.