Ledger
Every model call is a capital outlay
Ingest raw telemetry from every provider and tie it to ERP revenue, departments and customer accounts.
Hurdle r8Set the Hurdle12.0% Capital allocation for AI
Does your AI clear the hurdle?
Every investment you approve has to beat a minimum return, except AI. Hurdle r8 measures every model, team and customer against your hurdle rate, straight from token telemetry to the general ledger.
AI Portfolio · Q4 2026
Return vs. 12% hurdle rate
| Initiative | Spend $ | Return |
|---|---|---|
Customer product — Search Anthropic | 184,210 | ▲ 31.4% |
Support agents OpenAI | 41,905 | ▲ 18.2% |
Internal workflows Azure OpenAI | 27,330 | ▼ 9.6% |
Coding assistants Cursor / Copilot | 62,480 | ▼ 4.1% |
Sample data. ▲ clears hurdle · ▼ below hurdle.
“6 out of 7 CFOs don't know the ROI on their AI spend, and the 7th is lying.”
Why Hurdle r8
AI isn't a cost line. It's a capital allocation decision.
Returns
Margin, down to the token
Separate customer features from coding assistants and internal tools. See what earns its cost of capital.
Governance
Below the line in 48 hours
Budget owners hear when an initiative slips under the hurdle, not at month-end close.
Audit
Reconciles to the GL
Amortize prepaid credit pools against burndown. Telemetry ties to AP invoices so auditors sign off.
How it works
Three steps to the hurdle.
- 1
Set your hurdle
Use your WACC, a target IRR, or a rate per business unit.
- 2
Connect spend in 24–48 hours
OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI and AI gateways. No engineering sprint.
- 3
Reallocate with conviction
Fund what clears, cut what doesn't. Ask Claude or Copilot through MCP.
“We stopped debating AI budgets as a cost line. Now every initiative has to show its return against the hurdle, same as any other capex.”
“The only platform that reconciles credit burndowns to the individual token and ties them back to our GL for auditors.”
“It bridges engineering logs and FP&A reporting without forcing developers into manual tagging spreadsheets.”
Find out what clears.
Connect one provider. Within 24 hours you get a reconciled AI portfolio, every initiative measured against your hurdle rate.