IFO4 is live today. The International Federation for Financial Operations. A professional body continuing FinOps Foundation's 7 years of work and expanding Financial Operations beyond cloud to AI, SaaS, mainframe, supply chain, procurement, GreenOps, and every domain where capital is governed. Seven certifications release May 29, 2026. Community Call same day, open to everyone UNUM: unum.ifo4.org Join: ifo4.org/professionals Fund: funding.ifo4.org Public signals: public.ifo4.org support@ifo4.org
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Hey Product Hunt, Founder of IFO4.
Quick context on what we're doing. IFO4 is the International
Federation for Financial Operations. Think of it as the professional
body for the discipline. Live today at ifo4.org.
Credit first. FinOps Foundation (finops.org) did the finops work for seven years. Many of practitioners built careers on that framework. Huge respect. IFO4 is not a replacement.
IFO4 is the next layer.
Financial Operations has grown past cloud. We now cover twenty
domains across two halves:
Technology. Cloud cost, AI economics, SaaS, advanced computing,
mainframe, data and analytics, observability, security economics,
networking, DevOps.
Non technology. Supply chain, procurement, product economics,
manufacturing, real estate, workforce, GreenOps and ESG, legal,
marketing spend, capital governance.
What is live today at ifo4.org. The community, forums, working
groups, public signals at public.ifo4.org, the UNUM cost calculator,
and the research library.
What is coming May 29, 2026. Seven professional certifications
(CFO+, CFOA, CFOP, CFOE, CFOAIP, CFOGP, CFOSP) and the inaugural
Community Call "AI Economics: The New Cost of Intelligence." The
call is open to everyone.
Built on the 4 E's Doctrine. Ethics, Excellence, Evolution, Everyone.
Every standard we ship is measured against all four.
What I need from Product Hunt today.
1. Founding professionals. If you have ever said "FinOps should
cover more than cloud," enroll at ifo4.org/professionals. Founding
members get seat priority for the May 29 certifications and a voice
in the working group agendas.
2. Public signals. Drop your hardest Financial Operations problem
at public.ifo4.org. Every signal is time stamped and visible to
every working group. No account needed.
3. Fund the Federation. IFO4 is a Delaware non profit. Every dollar
supports standards, research grants, scholarships, and regional
chapters. funding.ifo4.org.
I will answer every comment on this thread personally. Ask me the
hardest question you have. How we handle AI cost attribution at
scale, why supply chain belongs in the same body, how certifications
stay bar exam depth, anything.
derris@ifo4.org. Let's build this together.
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