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AI Budgeting in FP&A: Plan AI Spend Before Budget Season

Last updated: June 2026By Heather Cole, Lodestar Solutions It is June. Budget season is closer than it feels. Your AI initiatives

Written by Paige Fowler, 05/15/2026 Finance teams are being asked to move faster than ever. Business conditions shift constantly. Leadership

Written by Heather Cole, 04/09/2026 I was taking a class on AI ethics for attorneys, and it got me

Written by Paige Fowler, 02/05/2026 If your organization uses IBM analytics, planning, or data platforms, whether you are running Cognos

Written by Paige Fowler, 01/29/2026 Replacing a planning tool is not what most CFO's wake up thinking about. But you

Written by Paige Fowler, 01/08/2026 For a long time, “good enough” worked in finance. Budgets were built annually. Forecasts were

Written by: Paige Fowler, 12/11/2025 What Are You Automating? The Real Question Every Executive Should Be Asking As we enter

Written by Paige Fowler, 10/09/2025 Every CFO and FP&A leader has faced it: the painstakingly built budget that nobody follows.

Written by Heather Cole, September 18th 2025 It’s budget season. Spreadsheets are multiplying, calendar invites are stacking up, and your

Written by Paige Fowler, August 14th, 2025 Every year, budget season rolls around — and for many organizations, the same