Cloud cost and FinOps

Stage 7 of 9 · 8 lessons · ~2 weeks

AI and GPU spend

Manage the fastest-growing part of most bills in 2026: per-token pricing, caching and batch, the cheapest model that passes, Vertex AI consumption options and Provisioned Throughput, GPU utilisation, calendar mode reservations and the unit cost of an AI feature.

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