A conversation with CloudZero, the AI ROI company – Top Entrepreneurs Podcast

Scott Castle, CPO at CloudZero, a company that delivers the financial control plane purpose-built for the way AI actually generates cost joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Artificial Intelligence Channel.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Scott Castle discuss the following:

What’s actually happening in the gap between what leaders think they’re spending on AI and what they’re actually spending, and why is that gap so dangerous right now?
You talk about moving from “tokenmaxxing” to ROI, from measuring usage to measuring outcomes. For a finance or ops leader listening right now, what’s the first concrete step they should take this week to start connecting their AI spend to actual business results?
When AI costs spike, and they will, how should companies restructure the conversation around AI so it becomes a shared accountability instead of a blame game?
Eighty percent of companies miss their AI spend forecasts by 25% or more. What are the two or three habits or practices that separate the 20% who forecast accurately from everyone else?
As AI moves from pilot projects into production workflows, what does a healthy AI unit economics model actually look like, and how do you know when you’re building something financially sustainable versus something that will quietly erode your margins?

Scott Castle is the Chief Product Officer at CloudZero, a product and GTM executive with over two decades of experience scaling AI/ML and analytics platforms. Before CloudZero, Scott held senior product and strategy roles at Tecton, Sisense, Periscope Data, and Adobe. Scott focuses on helping engineering and finance teams turn cloud and AI cost visibility into measurable business outcomes.

Website: cloudzero.com
CloudZero LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cloudzero

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