The Linux Foundation also releases FOCUS 1.4 and launches two new certifications at FinOps X in San Diego: AI Value and Technology Value
san diego, June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following last week’s announcement of its intent to launch the Tokenomics Foundation, the Linux Foundation today announced Tokenomicon, a new conference dedicated to the economics of AI. Tokenomicon brings together practitioners, enterprises, model providers, and infrastructure operators working to measure and maximize the value of token and AI spending. The flagship event will be held in San Diego from June 7th to 10th, 2027.
The conference comes as tokens become the new unit of technology spending. As enterprises move generative and agentic AI workloads from pilot to production, AI has become one of the largest and fastest-growing areas of enterprise technology budgets, but the discipline to measure and manage that spending has not kept up. Goldman Sachs Global Research Project token Usage will increase approximately 24 times between 2026 and 2030. Tokenomicon is built to fill that gap, providing a neutral community venue for technology practitioners to compare costs and efficiencies across models and providers, and turn AI spending into measurable business value.
Alongside the San Diego flagship, the tokenomics community will gather at regional events including Amsterdam on September 22-23, 2026 and London on February 8-9, 2027. “Naming the AI cost problem was the easy part. At Tokenomicon, we bring together the people who are actually solving the problems in the same room. Practitioners, the companies buying AI at scale, and the providers selling it are all working from the same facts. That’s how discipline is built. That’s how you change an industry. token Invest in real business value,” said JR Storment, executive director of the FinOps Foundation.
FOCUS 1.4 builds bridges to finance
The Linux Foundation also announced the general availability of FOCUS v1.4, an open specification that normalizes billing data across cloud, SaaS, data centers, and other technology vendors. Approved by the FOCUS Steering Committee on June 4, 2026, this release adds two datasets and 47 columns, and makes no changes that are incompatible with existing implementations.
FOCUS 1.4 is the first release to enable engineering, finance, and FinOps teams to work from the same billing facts without using provider-specific tools. This closes three gaps: consistent cost recognition across providers with a provider-agnostic covered and covered pricing framework, end-to-end bill reconciliation with new bill detail and bill period datasets, and rigorous data integrity standards that enable FOCUS to function as a system of record. This release lays the foundation for FOCUS 1.5, unit and token Consider economics with provider list pricing and native AI implementation token tracking.
“This improvement will particularly benefit engineering teams who need to collaborate with finance and accounting teams alongside FinOps practitioners with end-to-end billing visibility from commitment to consumption to invoice,” said Mike Fuller, CTO of FinOps Foundation. “FOCUS continues to meet the needs of multiple teams with one specification to maximize the business value of technology across your organization.”
Two new certifications
The Foundation has launched two new certifications. The Technology Value certification enables practitioners to manage spend across multiple technology categories and apply the appropriate FinOps approach to each. The AI Value Certification aligns that discipline with AI. tokenBase spending prepares practitioners for the standards that are taking shape across the Tokenomics Foundation and FOCUS.
Steve Trask, Chief Operations Officer, FinOps Foundation, said: “Technology spending spans platforms and infrastructure types, so practitioners need to understand an organization’s business and technology goals and define where FinOps applies, how it works in each context, and what success looks like.”
About Tokenomics Foundation
of Tokenomics Foundationa Linux Foundation program focused on best practices and standards for managing the generation, consumption, and monetization of tokens to create business outcomes and AI value.
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