Anna Tiomina

AI-First Fractional CFO and AI educator delivering practical AI training for finance teams and professional services orgs.

Productivity

You Don't Control AI Pricing, but You Control How It Earns Its Budget

Sep 15, 2026

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5 min read

You Don't Control AI Pricing, but You Control How It Earns Its Budget

A Two-Stage Framework for Every New Capability You Turn On

Anna Tiomina

Budget

Sep 8, 2026

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9 min read

AI Is The Hardest Line In Your 2027 Budget

Why AI Costs Rose and Why the Spend Has No Baseline

Anna Tiomina

Claude

Sep 1, 2026

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9 min read

AI News of the Month - August 2026

OpenAI's Rogue Agents, Bank AI Adoption, and This Month's Claude Updates

Anna Tiomina

AI Model

The Best Use Of AI Is Thinking, Not Speed

Aug 25, 2026

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5 min read

The Best Use Of AI Is Thinking, Not Speed

Eight Ways CFOs Use Claude as a Thought Partner

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

The Check You Run Depends on What AI Is Doing

Aug 18, 2026

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7 min read

The Check You Run Depends on What AI Is Doing

How to Verify Automated Workflows and AI-Drafted Work, Without Doing It by Hand

Anna Tiomina

Data

AI Changed Consulting Work, And Nobody Has Rules For It Yet

Aug 11, 2026

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6 min read

AI Changed Consulting Work, And Nobody Has Rules For It Yet

What Both Sides Need To Agree On Before The Work Starts

Anna Tiomina

AI Model

Aug 4, 2026

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8 min read

AI News of the Month - July 2026

Agent Access, Falling Model Prices, And Where I Would Draw The Line

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Jul 28, 2026

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6 min read

Data Is Why Your AI Automation Stalls

The Boring Work Your Finance Workflow Actually Needs

Anna Tiomina

AI Model

Claude Will Improvise Unless You Tell It Not To

Jul 21, 2026

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7 min read

Claude Will Improvise Unless You Tell It Not To

How to Lock the Scripts, Spreadsheets, and Templates That Need to Stay the Same

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Jul 14, 2026

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6 min read

Not Every Task Is a Claude Task

The Three Types of Work Inside Every Finance Process and What to Build for Each

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Jul 7, 2026

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7 min read

AI News of the Month - June 2026

A $750 Million Spend Thesis, A Three-Day Model Ban, And What Boards Are Finally Doing About AI Oversight.

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

If You Still Live in Spreadsheets, Learn This Claude Workflow First

Jun 30, 2026

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7 min read

If You Still Live in Spreadsheets, Learn This Claude Workflow First

The Everyday Spreadsheet Work Claude Handles Best

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

How to Coach Your Team with Claude Skills

Jun 23, 2026

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7 min read

How to Coach Your Team with Claude Skills

Help Each Person Grow, One Skill At A Time

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

The New Work Ethic AI Demands

What Good Work Means Now That The Easy Part Is Free

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

What I Learned Training Finance Teams to Use Claude

Jun 9, 2026

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7 min read

What I Learned Training Finance Teams to Use Claude

What Works, What Doesn’t, And How To Build A Claude Automation For A Messy Task

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Jun 2, 2026

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7 min read

AI News of the Month | May 2026

Governance, Liability, And A Pricing Shift That Breaks How Most Teams Budget For AI

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

May 26, 2026

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7 min read

Your AI bill is not a SaaS bill

Why Finance Teams Need To Actively Manage AI Costs, Not Just Forecast Them

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

May 19, 2026

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8 min read

How to Use Claude as a Team

The Collaboration Tools Your Plan Includes And How To Use Each One

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

May 12, 2026

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8 min read

Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up AI Adoption

What Fails, What Works, And Two Playbooks For Both Sides

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

May 5, 2026

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8 min read

AI News of the Month - April 2026

Three Clusters: the Agent Push, Regulatory Moves, and What Wall Street Earnings Actually Say About AI Roi

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Apr 28, 2026

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7 min read

How to Use Your LLM as an AI Lab

Test Finance Workflows Before You Build or Buy

Anna Tiomina

Automation

Your AI Stack Should Have More Than One Layer

Apr 21, 2026

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7 min read

Your AI Stack Should Have More Than One Layer

How to Mix Platforms, Automation, Embedded AI, And General-Purpose LLMs

Anna Tiomina

Productivity

Why Private Equity Is Where AI Proves Itself

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

Why Private Equity Is Where AI Proves Itself

Lean Teams, High Stakes, And A New Set Of Tools That Fit The Environment

Anna Tiomina

Claude

Apr 7, 2026

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16 min read

AI News of the Month — March 2026

Fourteen launches, three regulators, one uncomfortable research finding

Anna Tiomina

Data

The Smarter AI Gets, The Less You Can Check It

Mar 31, 2026

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10 min read

The Smarter AI Gets, The Less You Can Check It

How To Validate, Stress-Test, And Know When To Call An Expert

Anna Tiomina

Anna Tiomina

You Don't Control AI Pricing, but You Control How It Earns Its Budget

AI Is The Hardest Line In Your 2027 Budget

AI News of the Month - August 2026

The Best Use Of AI Is Thinking, Not Speed

The Check You Run Depends on What AI Is Doing

AI Changed Consulting Work, And Nobody Has Rules For It Yet

AI News of the Month - July 2026

Data Is Why Your AI Automation Stalls

Claude Will Improvise Unless You Tell It Not To

Not Every Task Is a Claude Task

AI News of the Month - June 2026

If You Still Live in Spreadsheets, Learn This Claude Workflow First

How to Coach Your Team with Claude Skills

The New Work Ethic AI Demands

What I Learned Training Finance Teams to Use Claude

AI News of the Month | May 2026

Your AI bill is not a SaaS bill

How to Use Claude as a Team

Top-Down Versus Bottom-Up AI Adoption

AI News of the Month - April 2026

How to Use Your LLM as an AI Lab

Your AI Stack Should Have More Than One Layer

Why Private Equity Is Where AI Proves Itself

AI News of the Month — March 2026

The Smarter AI Gets, The Less You Can Check It

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