The AI Token FinOps
Platform for Enterprise AI.
We solve the multi-billion dollar problem of runaway AI spend. Behest gives CFOs complete visibility to enforce budgets, attribute costs, and master AI unit economics.
The AI Cost Crisis
Runaway Spend
Enterprises are adopting AI rapidly, but CFOs have zero visibility into where tokens are being spent.
Opaque Invoices
Provider bills are a single, massive line item. Cost attribution to specific teams or products is impossible.
Shadow AI Risk
Developers are spinning up unapproved models, creating both financial liability and compliance nightmares.
The AI Token FinOps Operating Model
The complete financial control plane for enterprise AI.
Track
Complete Visibility
- Request-level metering
- Multi-dimensional attribution
- Chargeback-ready views
Allocate
Financial Control
- Cost-center hierarchies
- BYOK billing isolation
- Custom usage tiers
Govern
Budget Enforcement
- Inline budget enforcement
- Hard caps before the bill
- Model allowlists
The Opportunity
We are building the standard infrastructure layer for the AI era.
- The $100B+ AI infrastructure market requires a financial control plane
- Standardizing AI Unit Economics for the Fortune 500
- Moving AI spend from R&D experimentation to predictable COGS
- Category creator in Enterprise AI Token FinOps
Leadership & Advisors
Garen Azizian
Chief Executive Officer
- VP, Forcepoint
- Sr. Director, Palo Alto Networks
- Ex–Oracle
- USPTO Patent Inventor
Garen has spent more than 25 years building enterprise systems across security, cloud infrastructure, licensing, billing, data, and monetization. At Palo Alto Networks, he led Enterprise Applications and Quote-to-Cash engineering, including licensing and marketplace infrastructure spanning AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. He later served as a VP at Forcepoint, leading the Business Transformation and Big Data organizations. Earlier, at Audible Magic, he built content monetization technology at scale and became a named inventor on a granted USPTO patent (US 11,995,609). He founded Behest to bring the visibility and operational control enterprises expect from cloud and security infrastructure to AI.
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Levon Mikayelyan, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
- Co-Founder, Zangi (10M+ users)
- Ex–AWS
- Ex–Palo Alto Networks
25+ years architecting globally scalable, secure software and infrastructure platforms. Co-founder of Zangi, a privacy-first communications platform that scaled to more than 10 million users. Former engineering leader at Amazon (AWS) and Palo Alto Networks, with deep experience in distributed systems, privacy, security, and enterprise infrastructure.
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Tecali Tekeste
Founding Engineer
- Ex–Palo Alto Networks
- 20+ yrs Engineering
20+ years of software engineering experience building and scaling high-performance backend and enterprise infrastructure. Previously at Palo Alto Networks alongside Garen and Levon, bringing deep enterprise security and infrastructure experience to the AI systems he now builds at Behest.
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Roger Blakely
Advisor, Enterprise IT
- Ex–CIO, Hulu
- Ex–CIO, FireEye
- Ex–CIO, Forcepoint
Roger has served as CIO at Hulu, FireEye, and Forcepoint. He advises Behest on what CIOs need to see, control, and govern AI across the enterprise.
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Yan Gelman
Advisor, Governance & People
- 20+ yrs HR Leadership
- 5 Company Exits
- Governance & People
Yan is a senior HR executive with more than 20 years of experience helping emerging companies grow responsibly, and he has helped five companies through to exit. He advises Behest on how the company is run: governance, administration, and people. His focus is making sure Behest operates with the same discipline it helps customers bring to AI, with clear policies, clear ownership, and the right people in the right roles.
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David Butler
Advisor, Finance
- Former President & CFO
- Finance & Operations
David is a former President and CFO with extensive executive experience, including full P&L responsibility. He advises Behest on finance, capital strategy, and the operating discipline enterprise customers expect.
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Gerald Wluka
Advisor, Strategy & Company Building
- 3x Founder
- Exit to Google
- Stanford GSB
Gerald is a three-time founder whose companies were acquired by Google (CompilerWorks), Topia (Pearl Global Tech), and Witness Systems (Amae Software). He advises Behest on strategy and company building. He holds an MBA from Stanford GSB.
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