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The FinOps Foundation is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing technology value management, also known as cloud financial management or FinOps. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, it operates under The Linux Foundation and supports a community of over 95,000 individuals from more than 34,000 companies, including 97 of the Fortune 100.
The Foundation promotes the FinOps framework, which includes principles and practices for maximizing the business value of technology. It offers resources such as the FinOps Certified Practitioner exam, educational courses, and annual research reports. The organization also maintains standards and a common vocabulary for cloud cost management, and it hosts working groups focused on specific areas like AI cost management. Its guidance is applicable across major cloud platforms, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.