A Viewyonder field guide — published as it is written
Stater
The operating discipline for AI value. A sub-discipline of FinOps for AI that turns token spend into a measured, governed, optimised practice — and gives the business permission to scale AI without flying blind.
What it is
Tokens are the unit of accounting, the way compute-hours were the unit of cloud FinOps — but the discipline reaches further, into model selection, architecture, agentic guardrails, and the cost of being wrong. Stater is a named sub-discipline of FinOps for AI, not a rival framework.
Who it's for
Written for the AI FinOps Lead — the person who owns the translation between token mechanics and the P&L — with asides for the CFOs and CTOs they work alongside. It is not cost-cutting; it is permission to scale.
The field guide
Twelve sections, published one at a time as each is written. 1 live so far.