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Chart showing Google Cloud AI spend attributed by Originating product and SKU

Cloud & FinOps · Aug 9, 2026 · 14 min read

Originating products in Cloud Billing: 4 limits before you rebuild AI chargeback in 2026

Google Cloud Billing added an Originating products filter on 7 August 2026, so Gemini Enterprise spend no longer hides inside Vertex AI Search. The catch: the dimension is console-only, disables forecasting, and has not

Manu Shukla

#FinOps #Google Cloud #Gemini Enterprise

Dark blue editorial hero asking who owns the AI bill, with four AI cost failure panels

Cloud & FinOps · Aug 3, 2026 · 22 min read

26% of AI spend is wasted in 2026: build the cost attribution layer before the next bill spike

Only 20% of organisations could explain an overnight doubling of their AI bill within hours. This is the provider-by-provider attribution layer, the ownership model and the 90-day sequence that closes the gap.

Manu Shukla

#FinOps #ai cost management #cost-attribution