CFO
also referred to as: cfos
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 13, 2024 by Rohit Badangay · across every show →
Everything said about CFO, oldest first
Sep 13, 2024 negative
Badangay: Putting engineers in front of CFOs for tax questions erodes trust
“I think if you just had a team of engineers and you know, somebody had a question, like a very specific sales tax question, or they're like, Hey, where did you get this rule from? And a lot of times you're talking to controllers on the other side, CFOs, financ…”
Jan 30, 2026
Finance teams own all spend but make 5% of decisions
“Because the thing about finance teams is they're responsible for 100% of the spend in the company, right? If you're overspend, you go fire your CFO. But then at the same time, they only make five percent of the decisions. So the question becomes, 95% of the de…”
Jun 1, 2026 negative
Feig: AI token maxing leads to severe CFO bill shock
“You're seeing a lot being built, but then the bill comes to the CFO and it's actually really brutal and way worse than they expected. And even if they got double the productivity, they might not have had double the budget for headcount and they, you know, Spen…”
Jul 6, 2026 bullish
Clements: 7x more CFOs are telling developers to increase AI token spending
“We did this survey of developers, and we asked them how many of them had a CFO who was telling them to spend less on Consumption versus more, and we actually found that seven times more companies are being told to, like, let it rip and spin more.”