The AI invoice is unreadable: A call for AI FinOps
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🚨 The AI invoice is here—and it’s unreadable.Raj Kunnath latest piece brilliantly exposes a growing blind spot in enterprise AI adoption: token-level spend and governance.As GenAI becomes embedded across products, most leaders can’t answer basic questions:Which models are we using?Who’s spending the most?Is sensitive data being exposed?This isn’t just a budget issue—it’s a compliance and trust crisis.Raj calls for a new discipline: FinOps for AI.Just as FinOps brought clarity to cloud costs, AI FinOps must unify finance, engineering, and governance to ✅ Track token usage ✅ Forecast spend ✅ Enforce data policies ✅ Detect anomalies in real timeAtCoreStack, we believe the future of AI governance lies in a unified control plane—where cloud and AI spend are visible, accountable, and secure.🔗 Read the full blog:https://lnkd.in/ggrpV9T2It’s time to scale AI responsibly.#AI#FinOps#Governance#CoreStack#GenerativeAI#Leadership#CloudOps#AITrust
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2dNeed of the hour. There are fintechs who are struggling to check the bills of api calls
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Thank you for publishing this article,XRC Ventures, it speaks well to what I'm seeing as well. A bridge of empathy is built through applied experiences - wisdom will matter a lot. Here's a clip:"A recent MIT study found that 95% of enterprise AI pilots have failed. Crucially, the reasons weren’t technical limitations, but organizational ones:- The “learning gap”: AI systems often lack integration into workflows, feedback loops, and organizational adaptation.- Overreaching pilots: Too many initiatives try to “swallow the whale” instead of starting with a single pain point and scaling from there.- Vendor-led projects succeed more: Tools purchased from external vendors succeed about twice as often as internally built projects, because vendors scope tightly, manage expectations, and deliver incremental wins.Taken together, these findings underscore the services thesis: workflow integration, change management, and organizational alignment can’t be solved with an API. They require human-led services that bridge the gap between AI potential and corporate reality."#Litmus7#RetailAI
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🚨 A $1.38 BILLION funding round just dropped—and it's not what you think.While everyone's talking about ChatGPT and AI chatbots, the smartest money is flowing somewhere completely different: AI infrastructure.Crusoe Energy Systems just raised $1.38B for clean AI data centers. That's not a typo.Here's what this week's funding roundup reveals about where the real opportunities are:💡 The picks-and-shovels play is winning big:• Crusoe Energy: $1.38B for AI data centers•Fal.ai: $250M at $4B valuation for multimodal AI infrastructure• Anrok: $55M for tax automation (the boring stuff that makes money)💡 Hardware is having a moment:• Sesame: $250M for AI smart glasses• The physical world is where AI meets reality💡 Enterprise automation is exploding:• Nexos AI: €30M for AI security• Letterhead: $34M for newsletter monetization• VCs are betting on tools that save companies real moneyThe pattern? While everyone chases the shiny AI consumer apps, the biggest checks are going to the infrastructure that makes it all possible.Top VCs like Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins aren't just throwing money around—they're positioning for the next decade of growth.The lesson: Sometimes the biggest opportunities aren't in the spotlight. They're in the foundation that holds everything up.What sector do you think will see the next wave of massive funding rounds?
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🚀 The Founder’s Real Advantage (That No VC Will Tell You)I see a lot of great posts from VCs lately... tons of advice, good reminders, and genuine insights.But here’s something I rarely hear them say: 👉 The founder’s biggest advantage isn’t funding. It’s being cash-strapped early on.When you’re under-resourced, you’re forced to be flexible. You start solving problems that actually matter. You learn how to extract the signal from the noise.That pressure makes you dangerous... because you can’t afford to waste motion.I’ve been there. A few times. And yeah, Got the T-shirts somewhere in storage, lol.Also... one more thing... for AI-native founders chasing enterprise, let’s be real: If a “Pre-Seed” or “Seed” VC is asking you for traction, they’re not pre-seed/Seed (depending on criteria). They’re early Series A with a different logo.AI isn’t a “move fast and break things” game. It’s measure twice, deploy once - because one failed enterprise deployment can destroy your credibility overnight. Don't rush, make sure you take your time, Q/A it if you can or have a friend try to break what you built. Bottom line, read earlier sentence and don't rush!McKinsey and Gartner have both shown it -> 80%+ of enterprise AI pilots fail not from bad tech, but from rushing into production before calibration.So no, you can’t just walk into a Fortune 500 saying:“Hey, I’m AI Will, here’s my enterprise solution.” Because it doesn’t work like that, and the bureaucracy is real. The stakes are higher. The runway is longer.So if you’re bootstrapping, ignored, or underestimated - that’s not a weakness. That’s your stealth mode! Because pressure doesn’t just reveal character, it forges clarity.
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💡 Why AI and Technology Are No Longer Optional for Businesses??Let’s be real — technology isn’t just an advantage anymore. It’s survival.Businesses that ignore it aren’t saving money — they’re falling behind.Here’s the world we live in:⚙️ AI automates what once took hours — and does it better.📊 Data drives decisions faster than gut instincts ever could.💬 Customers expect personalization — not as a perk, but as a baseline.📱 Convenience rules. If it’s not easy, it’s not chosen.The truth? Customer satisfaction is the real growth driver.And that satisfaction now depends on seamless, tech-powered experiences.Those clinging to “the old way” aren’t avoiding change — they’re choosing failure!!!The leaders of tomorrow will build their business models around technology, not just use it.🚀 Tech isn’t the future — it’s the present. So ask yourself: are you adapting… or waiting to be replaced??#AI#FinTech#StartupFunding#VentureCapital#BusinessGrowth#FinancialInnovation#DigitalTransformation#AIinBusiness#TechLeadership#SmartFinance#Entrepreneurship#InnovationStrategy#FutureOfBusiness#DataDriven#Automation#FundingInsights#TechForBusiness#FinanceStrategy#BusinessIntelligence#NextGenStartups
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I was doing some research and came across this article,40% of US VCs' exit value in 2025 comes from AI, some call it a bubble, and yes, certain companies are overvalued, but the technology is real and improving as models train and hardware advances.AI is far more than chatgpt or any other llm. AlphaFold for example is predicting protein structures in minutes, a process that used to take years and millions in lab costs. It's accelerating drug discovery, making treatments for rare diseases economically viable, and enabling personalised medicine.This is real commercial impact, not hype. You don't need to be able to read scientific papers or write code to acknowledge it.https://lnkd.in/equhs2Nf
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#InsightfulMonday |#D2BInnovations👀 Did you know? Berlin-based AI orchestration startup n8n just raised $180M at a $2.5B valuation, scaling its revenue 10x and user base 6x in a single year.This marks a major shift in how enterprises deploy AI — not just building smarter models, but orchestrating them efficiently with human oversight and structured control. ⚙️💡 Why it matters: As AI scales, orchestration is becoming the backbone of reliability — ensuring automation doesn’t mean chaos, but coordination. The next wave of AI innovation lies in blending autonomy with accountability.🤝🏻📌 Read more:https://lnkd.in/dP8yj3pP.Remember: Smart systems aren’t just automated — they’re well-orchestrated. ⭐️#AI#Automation#Orchestration
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Everyone talks about vision, funding, and execution — but the most underrated skill in startups (and finance) is decision clarity.In a world of constant noise, those who can filter data, interpret patterns, and act decisively will always win.💡 Here’s a simple mental framework we use at Hardalion when facing complex choices:1️⃣ Collect — gather all relevant data, not all available data.2️⃣ Compress — summarize it in one sentence that a non-expert would understand.3️⃣ Clarify — ask: “If this fails, what’s the exact reason it would fail?”4️⃣ Commit — act fast, measure faster, iterate even faster.The future of fintech and AI isn’t just about automation — it’s about clarity at scale.That’s what we’re building towards at Hardalion.#Fintech#AI#DecisionMaking#Startups#Leadership#Hardalion
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