EP7 - SaaS FinOps Is Broken And FinOps Got a New Boss

The State of FinOps 2026 says 90% of teams manage SaaS spend. We call it: they're not. Cloud FinOps tools were built for consumption-based billing — not annual contracts, shadow procurement, or renewal windows. With AI SaaS now representing 35% of enterprise software spend, the gap between "we track it" and "we control it" is becoming a budget crisis.We also break down the structural shift hiding in plain sight 78% of FinOps practices now report to the CTO or CIO — up 18 points since 2023. The finance-adjacent FinOps model is dying. Platform Engineering is the new delivery vehicle for cost governance. What that means for FinOps practitioners, CFOs, and the $265B in annual cloud waste that hasn't moved in three years.Topics: SaaS cost management, shadow IT, AI SaaS spend, FinOps governance, platform engineering, internal developer platforms, cloud financial management, FinOps 2026. New episode every Friday