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Turn AI cost into provable ROI

Forecast & attribute every token to the business outcomes it supported.

The Flowstate agent insights breakdown, showing AI sessions and attributed cost per project, with a golden retriever holding a Klein blue frisbee sitting in front of it

Total AI spend

$0

4,218

sessions this month

CapEx projects

$0

across

4

initiatives

Savings

$0

across

1,284

sessions

Unattributed

$0

312 sessions

Spend by provider

Anthropic$98K

GitHub$52K

Cursor$42K

Windsurf$23K

Spend by value

Payments platform$68K

Customer portal$54K

Data & ML platform$50K

Mobile app$43K

Trusted by engineering and finance teams

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“Flowstate allows me to tie AI use to every bet we're making in the business, which makes forecasting much more accurate.”
CFO of a $40BN enterprise
“With Flowstate I now have complete visibility and insight to unblock my decision making around resource allocation.”
CTO managing 60+ engineers

How CFOs are using Flowstate

AI spend insights

Every token tied to a person or service, a project and a cost center. Across developer AI and production AI.

AI governance

Set the rules, watch the activity, stop the leaks. Across developer AI and production AI.

AI budget

One budget per person across every AI tool. Set the cap, enforce across 35+ platforms, alert before overage.

AI security

Content-level inspection of every prompt. Catch secrets, PII, IP and shadow AI before they leave the perimeter.

AI project analyst

AI-driven CapEx/OpEx classification, R&D tax discovery, and pre-authored rationales.

Variance tracking

Continuous plan-vs-actual monitoring. Catch drift in AI budgets and headcount before quarter-end.

CapEx attribution

Continuous capitalization tracking. ASC 350-40 and FRS 102 compliant.

R&D tax

Build R&D claims continuously. RDEC and IRS Section 41 support.

Scenario planning

Model what-if scenarios for hybrid workforce changes. Like a git-diff for engineering costs.

Workforce analytics

Real-time dashboards for headcount, cost, utilization, and variance.

Resource discovery

AI-powered resource matching. Find capacity without adding headcount.

See the full platform

All eleven modules share a single data model. Change one thing, see the impact everywhere.

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Enterprise-grade security and controls

Your data stays yours. Read our certifications, policies and sub-processors in the trust center.

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