Former Netflix CFO Breaks Down Return on Compute | Jim Cook

Podcast: Run the Numbers · CJ Gustafson

Opublikowano: 2026-10-15

In this episode of Run the Numbers, CJ welcomes back Jim Cook, a multi-time CFO (Intuit, Netflix, Mozilla) turned coach, author, and newsletter writer. They dig into “return on compute,” the metric Jim believes every finance leader needs in their vocabulary, and why surprise AI bills echo the early days of the cloud. They cover how to budget for tokens, the “frontier convergence” idea for ramping compute spend by role, and why revenue per compute may join revenue per headcount on the CFO scorecard. — SPONSORS: Rillet is an AI-native ERP built for modern finance tea...