Yasu lands €850K to build the world’s first AI cloud engineer
Dutch startup Yasu has secured €850,000 in pre-seed funding to develop an AI Cloud Engineer. This innovative platform aims to tackle the growing problem of cloud waste, offering a proactive solution to a significant financial burden for businesses across Europe. The funding round, led by Akka, will fuel Yasu's expansion and further development of its autonomous optimization capabilities. Founded in 2025, Yasu's AI Cloud Engineer is designed to bring cost visibility into the development process. The platform addresses a critical issue in the €1.6 trillion global cloud infrastructure market, where an estimated €512 billion is lost annually due to inefficiencies. Since launching, Yasu has already achieved average cost savings of 35% for its customers, managing €3.9 million in cloud spend. The impact of Yasu's technology is significant, particularly as generative AI workloads drive up cloud spending. With GenAI-related costs becoming unmanageable for many IT and finance leaders, Yasu offers a timely solution. The new investment will enable Yasu to expand its presence across key European markets and offer cost optimization services. Yasu aims to shift cost visibility into development, preventing waste before deployment. This approach offers a significant advantage over existing tools that only detect issues after deployment, when fixes are more costly. Yasu plans to expand its go-to-market strategy across key European markets.
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