# Blog | PointFive

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Insights on cloud and AI cost optimization, FinOps, and engineering efficiency from the PointFive team.

Notes on cloud costs, AI usage, and infrastructure from PointFive's engineers and customers.

## [One change.  Five days.  82% less cost.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-one-bigquery-optimization-cut-storage-costs-82-percent-in-five-days)

September 2, 2026 6 min read

PointFive helped a global consumer goods company cut BigQuery storage costs by 82% in five days. One optimization across 435 datasets, $330K+ in annualized savings, and no data moved.

[Read the BigQuery story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-one-bigquery-optimization-cut-storage-costs-82-percent-in-five-days)

## New from PointFive

### [PointFive Brings OCI Cost Visibility Into Your Multi-Cloud View](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-brings-oci-cost-visibility-into-your-multi-cloud-view)

September 2, 2026 4 min read

[Read story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-brings-oci-cost-visibility-into-your-multi-cloud-view)

### [PointFive is now a Kiro Power: cost data where your agent writes code](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-power-for-kiro-aws-agentic-ide)

August 31, 2026 4 min read

[Read story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-power-for-kiro-aws-agentic-ide)

## [Fewer tokens.  Lower cost?  Not necessarily.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/token-reduction-is-not-cost-reduction)

[Explore the research](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/token-reduction-is-not-cost-reduction)

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- ### [How One BigQuery Optimization Cut Storage Costs 82% and $330K in Five Days](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-one-bigquery-optimization-cut-storage-costs-82-percent-in-five-days)

September 2, 2026 6 min read

- ### [PointFive Brings OCI Cost Visibility Into Your Multi-Cloud View](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-brings-oci-cost-visibility-into-your-multi-cloud-view)

September 2, 2026 4 min read

- ### [PointFive is now a Kiro Power: cost data where your agent writes code](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-power-for-kiro-aws-agentic-ide)

August 31, 2026 4 min read

- ### [GPU cost optimization is not rightsizing](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/gpu-cost-optimization-is-not-rightsizing)

August 20, 2026 9 min read

- ### [Coding agent cost management: a radically new practice, and a badly misunderstood one](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/coding-agent-cost-management-discipline)

August 18, 2026 10 min read

- ### [New Research: Token Reduction Is Not Cost Reduction](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/token-reduction-is-not-cost-reduction)

August 6, 2026 3 min read

- ### [AI cost needs a standards body. It finally has one.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/ai-cost-needs-a-standards-body)

August 5, 2026 5 min read

- ### [Why We Built PointFive With Partners, and for Partners](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/why-we-built-pointfive-with-partners-and-for-partners)

August 4, 2026 8 min read

- ### [Why Companies Overspend on AI: The 2026 Cost Visibility Gap](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/why-companies-overspend-on-ai-the-2026-cost-visibility-gap)

July 29, 2026 7 min read

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