Introduction
AI/R Watch is a monitoring and analysis platform for AI investments and cloud costs. It gives engineering leaders, finance teams, and platform administrators a consolidated view of how much the organization is spending on AI tools, language model APIs, and related cloud infrastructure — broken down by category, product, vendor, and time period.
AI/R Watch tracks AI-related financial activity across the organization. It helps teams understand cost concentration, identify leading tools, monitor month-over-month trends, and project annual spend — all from a single, authenticated interface.
Who Uses AI/R Watch?
| Role | Primary Use |
|---|---|
| Engineering Managers | Monitor AI tool adoption costs and identify budget concentration |
| Finance Teams | Review gross spend, credits, net totals, and annual projections |
| Platform Administrators | Oversee organization-level access and navigate multi-org data |
| Team Leads | Understand which tools and models are driving the highest spend |
Application Sections
AI/R Watch is organized into a focused set of views, each designed for a specific analysis need:
- Accessing the Application — sign in with your organizational account, select your organization, and navigate the main interface
- Executive View — consolidated spend overview with KPI cards, trend charts, category distribution, and top tools
- LLM Usage — detailed breakdown of language model API costs by cloud provider and model
- Cost by Tool — cost analysis by product, vertical, and usage metrics
- AI Cockpit Finance Chat — an AI assistant that answers questions about your spend data in natural language
- Troubleshooting — resolve common issues with access, data visibility, and the chat assistant
Typical Workflow
In a standard session, AI/R Watch is used in the following order:
- Sign in using your organizational account — you are redirected automatically if no session is active.
- Select the organization whose data you want to analyze from the header selector.
- Choose a time period using the period selector on the dashboard.
- Navigate between the Executive View, LLMs, and By Tool tabs to explore different dimensions of spend.
- Use the AI Cockpit Finance Chat to ask specific questions about the data.
Next Steps
- Accessing the Application — learn how to sign in and navigate the interface
- Executive View — start with the consolidated spend overview