
97.5% of AI Spend Is Ghost: What CFOs Can't See in 2026
CloudZero reveals 97.5% of AI costs are invisible in budgets. CFOs budget 30-36% of cloud for AI but line items show 2.5%—here's the tracking gap.
June 20, 2026 · 8 min readEvery THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on Cloud FinOps — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.

CloudZero reveals 97.5% of AI costs are invisible in budgets. CFOs budget 30-36% of cloud for AI but line items show 2.5%—here's the tracking gap.
June 20, 2026 · 8 min read