From Chaos to Control: Managing AI Spend Like Every Other Line Item

Private Equity Firms Webinar AI Data & Analytics

Hosted webinar

Thu, Oct 15 12:30 pm CT 60 minutes Virtual

About this session

BluWave is a PE-backed, lower-middle-market company. Lean team, a board asking about AI, no army of engineers to throw at it. We rolled AI out across the business, connected it to our own data, and governed it from day one. Everything in this session comes from that experience and from what we see across the PE firms and portfolio companies in our network, where demand for AI advisory rose 273% year over year in Q2 2026.

What has not caught up is the financial layer underneath all that AI usage activity. Per IDC, 78% of IT leaders saw unexpected AI charges in the past year. Per Gartner (2025), 80% of companies miss their AI spend forecast by more than 25%.

The pattern is consistent. Usage grows, spend follows, and visibility never catches up. We partnered with Ramp to show exactly how we closed that gap, and how you can.

Built for CFOs, operating partners, and technology leaders running AI at scale. Bring your questions. If you are already reporting AI spend to a board or investment committee, this gives you a defensible way to do it. If you are not yet, it gives you the number before someone asks for it.

The tool, a CFO using it, and your questions:

A live demo of Ramp's AI token spend management tool, walked through by Joe Annuziata of Ramp. Spend by provider, model, user, team, and project, in real time.
How BluWave uses it, from BluWave CFO Jeff Berry. A working CFO's view of the same tool, from someone managing it on a real P&L.
The few guardrails that make spend predictable without slowing adoption
Where the savings usually sit, including the cheaper-model swaps most teams have never tested.
How BluWave connects PE firms and portfolio companies with vetted AI advisors and implementation resources when the work outruns your team.
Live Q&A to get your questions answered on starting, managing, and tracking your company's AI spend.

Speakers

Jeff Berry CFO, BluWave
James Aylward Chief Product & Technology Officer, BluWave
Joe Annunziata Senior Solutions Consultant, Ramp
Daniel Machover Senior Account Executive, Ramp
Ryan Bara Channel Partner Manager, Ramp

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