Adam Chen: Unconstrained AI Sandboxes Cause Companies to Blow Budgets Early
Adam Chen · Navigating Early-Stage Growth and Revenue Alignment · Aug 13, 2026 · at 9:18
Adam Chen, CRO at Finstrat, explains why startup founders must set strict guardrails and incentives around employee AI usage to avoid rapid budget depletion.
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“If you just give people a play you know you know, sandbox to play in without constraints, without, you know, knowing what success looks like, you know, they're going to just, you know, like many a company below their entire year's AI budget in the first, you know, half of the year. And that's what we're seeing here.”
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