The Linux Foundation announced plans to create the Tokenomics Foundation, which will develop open standards for measuring AI token consumption costs. The initiative partners with the FinOps Foundation and has support from twelve major organizations. It will formally launch next week in San Diego.
The new foundation aims to create vendor-neutral benchmarks and best practices for AI token economics. It will address inconsistencies in how providers bill for cached versus non-cached tokens, input versus output pricing, and on-demand versus reserved compute. A Governing Board will set direction and allocate funding, while a Technical Committee will handle specifications and benchmarks. The first project will expand the FOCUS open billing format to cover token-based AI spending. The formal launch is scheduled for FinOps X in San Diego from June 8 to 10. Backers include Google Cloud, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Accenture, KPMG, Flexera, ServiceNow, Booking.com, and JPMorgan Chase.
