From quick wins to real change.

When you’ve helped enterprises cut millions in cloud waste across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and built the governance models that keep those savings alive, you understand what sustainable FinOps really means. Jean Latiere, Cloud Financial Management Specialist at OptimNow and contributor to the FinOps Foundation’s Sustainability and FinOps for AI working groups, joins host Kevin Rosenquist to explore how Agentic AI, culture, and environmental impact are reshaping the future of cloud financial management.

In this episode of Unclouded: The Agentic AI FinOps Podcast by Cloudgov.ai, Jean breaks down what happens when organizations stop chasing one-off optimizations and start building FinOps habits that last. From cloud carbon footprint and GenAI power demands to autonomous guardrails and AI-driven governance, this conversation connects cost, culture, and sustainability in a way few discussions in the FinOps world ever do.

In this episode:

• Why one-time optimizations never stick
• How to build a real FinOps culture that teams actually follow
• The environmental impact of cloud and GenAI workloads
• Why cost savings and carbon savings often overlap
• How region choice affects both budget and carbon footprint
• Using Agentic AI to enforce tagging, cleanup, and governance
• Why autonomous AI agents will change FinOps forever
• What FinOps will look like in the next 2–3 years

Whether you’re a FinOps leader, cloud architect, or sustainability advocate looking to understand how AI can help control both cloud cost and carbon impact, this episode delivers the clarity and direction you’ve been looking for.

Listen. Learn. Stay Unclouded. Brought to you by Cloudgov.ai, the world’s first Agentic AI FinOps platform.

Timestamps:

01:03 – Why one-time optimizations never last

01:35 – The optimization trap enterprises fall into

03:33 – Why FinOps success is cultural, not technical

04:05 – Creating shared language between engineering and finance

06:03 – Better cost allocation without friction

07:24 – The true environmental impact of cloud and GenAI

08:30 – Why AI workloads strain power, cooling, and water

09:25 – Should sustainability metrics be part of FinOps?

10:33 – Where cost savings and carbon savings overlap

11:04 – Region choice, carbon intensity, and tradeoffs

12:14 – How Agentic AI optimizes more than cost

12:52 – AI agents for tagging, cleanup, and governance

14:07 – Balancing AI automation with human oversight

15:02 – Forecasting, planning, and AI “clones” of environments

16:02 – Scaling Agentic AI in enterprise environments

17:30 – Where FinOps is headed in the next 2–3 years

20:17 – Jean explains Agentic AI for French listeners

22:03 – Rapid-Fire Round: sustainability, waste, and ESG