Pigment introduces AI investment planning to monitor, manage, and maximize value

AI has moved beyond the experimentation phase and into widespread use in day-to-day workflows. 

The reason for this enthusiasm is obvious. Goldman Sachs projects business AI agents will increase token consumption 55x by 2040.

But many companies are finding that their appetite for intelligence has outstripped their ability to financially govern it. 

And although the value of AI is clear, it’s still creating questions and problems for finance teams:

• Pricing models change overnight as new models are introduced and old ones are retired - how do you know you’re making the right decision around the models you’re using?
• Usage is unpredictable. Forecasting use across users, teams, and departments is incredibly difficult as adoption and individual use cases shift.
• How do you know which projects are actually providing ROI, and which are opportunities to make savings?

Today, many rely on vendor dashboards, invoices, spreadsheets or engineering-led monitoring to track AI usage. These may help track raw spend, but they don’t help them forecast token costs, allocate spend to teams or initiatives, compare actuals against budget, or measure whether AI investments are providing ROI.

Today, we’re launching the Pigment AI Investment Planner, giving organizations a practical starting point to get a handle on their AI investments.

What’s included?

Pigment AI Investment Planner provides finance and FinOps a single place to forecast AI spend, govern new initiatives, and measure ROI. Key capabilities include:

Visualize spend and assign ownership by team

See usage and cost data in one place, across providers, models, teams, projects, and use cases, then assign spend to the teams, cost centers, or initiatives that own it.

Track budgets vs actuals 

Spot overruns early and understand what’s driving them with real-time views of your AI spend against what you budgeted for.

Forecast what’s coming

Forecast future spend based on historical usage numbers, adoption assumptions, model mix, and planned AI initiatives. Model multiple scenarios to anticipate your run-rate and evaluate potential strategies before you commit budget.

Measure the ROI on AI initiatives

Assess the impact of AI investments by connecting spend to expected value.

Catch problems before they compound

Automatically flag issues like spend spikes, budget burn, and high-context usage before they compound.

Govern new AI initiatives before they scale

Route new AI use cases through approval, from initial business case to executive sign-off, before spend commitments are made.

The Pigment AI Investment Planner is designed to help organizations manage AI spend, govern usage, and plan investment - and we’re excited to see what our customers do with it.

How do I get access?

If you’re a customer, reach out to your CSM. If you’re not, book a demo with a member of our team today!

Can I see more?

Yes! We're hosting a live tour on August 25th to show off the AI Invesment Planner in more detail. Click here to sign up.