FinOps In Full Bloom
FinOps In Full Bloom
Podcast Description
Wrangling cloud costs can be tricky — even for the most seasoned pros. In FinOps In Full Bloom, Thalia Elie interviews the brightest minds in FinOps about how they help their companies save money, innovate efficiently, and grow profitably.
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The podcast explores themes of FinOps transformation, collaboration among cross-functional teams, and innovative budgeting processes. Specific episode topics include culture shifts in organizations, foundational tagging for cloud cost tracking, and the impact of dashboards on team motivation, as demonstrated in episodes showcasing success stories like Kellie Righini’s experience at Aras.
Wrangling cloud costs can be tricky — even for the most seasoned pros. In FinOps In Full Bloom, Thalia Elie interviews the brightest minds in FinOps about how they help their companies save money, innovate efficiently, and grow profitably.
James Pelton is a serial entrepreneur, YouTube creator with 83,000+ subscribers, and Senior DevRel at Zencoder — an AI engineering platform. He founded and exited a mobile SMS marketing company, then pivoted into AI tooling, content creation, and multi-agent system building. He currently runs roughly 10 income streams, several of which are managed by AI agents he built himself.
This episode is a practical, honest look at what it actually takes to build and trust AI agents — from the finance bot that deleted his entire inbox to a framework for evaluating businesses across three currencies: time, energy, and money.
James Peltonfounded and exited Mobile Text Alerts, an SMS marketing platform, before pivoting into AI tooling and developer relations. He is currently Senior DevRel at Zencoder, an AI engineering platform that orchestrates multiple models for software development teams. He also runs a YouTube channel with 83,000+ subscribers focused on hands-on AI workflows for everyday people. A software developer of 20+ years, James brings a builder’s mindset to making AI accessible far beyond the technical community.
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