Kion has unveiled a major step forward in connecting cloud financial operations to the age of AI with the general availability of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This move allows artificial intelligence assistants—such as ChatGPT or Claude—to plug directly into Kion environments, giving organizations real-time insights and automated action capabilities across their multicloud infrastructure. At the same time, the company launched version 3.14 of its platform, a FinOps+ inspired release that expands cost management beyond public cloud to include private cloud and SaaS spend in one unified view.
The MCP server introduces an entirely new way of interacting with cloud environments. By serving as a connective tissue between AI models and Kion’s APIs, MCP empowers assistants to retrieve, summarize, and analyze live data: from identifying budget under-utilization across departments to surfacing patterns in compliance findings. More than a reporting layer, it also enables action. AI assistants can be delegated tasks like creating and editing budgets, reallocating funds, or reshaping infrastructure deployments. In practice, this transforms an AI assistant into a 24/7 cloud advisor, accessible to architects and FinOps practitioners when immediate clarity is needed.
Version 3.14 builds on this intelligence-driven approach with a set of new FinOps+ features. Custom Accounts normalize billing data beyond major cloud service providers, consolidating costs for unified attribution and enforcement. Forecasting 2.0 introduces a next-generation prediction engine, producing highly accurate spend projections while allowing teams to adjust views for better planning. CloudPulse brings operational clarity for CloudFormation Templates, offering a consolidated dashboard on deployments, errors, and changes. And Service Categories provide executive-friendly reports that slice spending by macro-categories such as Compute, Storage, and Networking across multiple clouds.
The release is also aligned with the FinOps Foundation’s Cloud+ Scope, emphasizing that cloud cost management now extends far beyond hyperscalers. As more organizations face complex procurement arrangements and integrate SaaS at scale, unifying visibility and enforcement is becoming essential. Kion’s FinOps+ approach acknowledges this reality, marrying operational excellence with proactive financial controls. With automation at its core, Kion positions itself not just as a cost tool but as a governance framework to accelerate digital transformation.
The MCP server is open source and already live on GitHub, ensuring developers and enterprise teams can adopt and extend it quickly. Existing Kion customers running version 3.12 or later can immediately begin experimenting with MCP integrations. As enterprises increasingly demand AI-native FinOps, Kion’s dual launch—an MCP bridge for AI assistants and a holistic 3.14 platform upgrade—signals a deliberate push to make intelligent cloud operations mainstream.
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