Why Yarken | AI spend is now IT spend
Why Yarken

AI spend is now IT spend.
Govern all of it.

Yarken unifies TBM, FinOps and AI economics in one governed model. Cloud, SaaS, infrastructure and tokens, traced to the teams, products and outcomes they pay for.

TBM · AI spend Every AI dollar, by tower.
LLMCopilotAgentsInfra
AI Economics
Models Features Owners Anomalies
LLM spend review
✓Spike detected against baseline
✓Traced to product feature
✓Forecast updated
+Finance owner notified
AI Economics →
FinOps + TBM One number, every team.
Customers

Trusted by leading organizations

Technology partners Microsoft logoMicrosoft AWS logoAWS
Ecosystem partners FinOps Foundation logoFinOps Foundation TBM Council logoTBM Council
The problem

AI spend broke the old model.

TBM moves once a year. FinOps moves once a month. AI spend moves every time someone sends a prompt.

01

Blind spots in AI spend

Model, token and copilot costs land outside your TBM taxonomy and your FinOps tags.

02

Two truths, one board

TBM says one number. FinOps says another. Finance spends the week reconciling.

03

Shared costs nobody trusts

Allocation rules live in spreadsheets, so showback turns into a debate.

04

Dashboards without answers

You can see the spike. You can't see why, or what to do next.

05

AI costs that don't add up

Copilot usage lands in US dollars. The invoice lands as one line from your reseller. Nobody can match the two.

The platform

One model. Every dollar. Every token.

Yarken connects cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, AI and finance data into a single cost model. TBM and FinOps share one source of truth. AI spend gets the same rigor as everything else.

01See

See every cost, in one place

Cloud bills, SaaS contracts, data center TCO and LLM usage, mapped to one TBM taxonomy. No tagging marathon first.

AI Economics Cost per token, per model and per use case.
02Understand

Understand what it paid for

Unit economics by product, team and customer. Shared costs allocated by rules Finance signs off.

AI Economics Token spend tied to the outcomes it delivers.
03Act

Know what to do next

Agents flag anomalies, model forecasts and draft the board narrative. Your team approves.

AI Studio Agents and Yarken Builder copilots do the legwork.
Deterministic, not magic Governed by design Built for what's next
Why Yarken

Built for the spend you have now.

Instead of
You get stuck with
With Yarken
Legacy TBM suites
Annual cost models, long implementations, AI as an add-on product
TBM, FinOps and AI economics in one model, live in weeks
Cloud cost tools
Great engineering views, no tie to the general ledger or TBM taxonomy
Cloud and token costs reconciled to Finance's numbers
ITFM spreadsheets
Fragile allocation logic, one person who understands it
Governed rules, audit trail, answers on demand
Generic AI chatbots
Confident answers you can't trace
Deterministic agents. Every answer shows its working.
Impact across the enterprise

One platform. Four teams. Same numbers.

Answer the board's AI question.

Know what AI is costing you

Total AI spend across models, copilots and vendors, in one view.

Know what it's returning

Tie investment to products, revenue and productivity.

Fund what works

Shift budget to the use cases that pay back.

Decide with one number

IT, Finance and Engineering stop arguing about the data.

Customer story · AI Economics

Spotting a 2x jump in LLM spend.

A global consumer app company had AI spend scattered across LLM APIs, coding tools and assistant seats. Yarken pulled token feeds and ledger data into one model and mapped every cost to the squad and feature it serves. Now product and Finance see what each AI feature costs, and catch jumps like one provider's bill doubling in a month.

2x month-on-month jump in one LLM provider's spend
100+ AI assistant seats tracked across two vendors
Per feature AI cost mapped to the product features it powers
FAQ

Clear answers.

Is Yarken a FinOps tool or a TBM platform?

Both. Yarken unifies TBM and FinOps in one data model, so cloud, SaaS, infrastructure and AI costs share one taxonomy.

How does Yarken track AI and LLM costs?

AI Economics captures token and model usage from providers and cloud platforms, then allocates it to teams, products and use cases.

Can Finance trust AI-generated insights?

Yes. Yarken's agents are deterministic. Every figure traces to source data and returns the same answer for the same input.

What is AI Studio?

Yarken's agentic layer. Agents and Yarken Builder copilots detect anomalies, build forecasts and draft narratives, with humans approving every action.

Does Yarken replace our existing tools?

No. It connects to your cloud, SaaS, ERP and ITSM systems and acts as the decision layer on top.

How is Yarken different from legacy TBM platforms?

Legacy platforms run TBM and cloud FinOps as separate products, with AI added on later. Yarken runs all three in one model.

How is Yarken different from cloud cost management tools?

Cloud cost tools serve engineering teams on cloud and AI cost. Yarken adds the TBM taxonomy and Finance-grade allocation, so engineering and Finance use the same numbers.

How fast can we see value?

Most teams get their first governed view of IT spend within weeks.

What else does Yarken offer?

Yarken runs on three products that share one model: AI Economics, FinOps and TBM. AI Studio adds agents and Yarken Builder copilots on top. Start with one, add the rest when you're ready. Read more here

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