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Cleaning up "cloud waste" in the midst of the cloud wars with Kaveh Khorram, CEO of Usage.ai

"I have a prediction with 100% in 10 years you're going to have a billion dollar ARR company emerge out of this category"

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Kaveh Khorram,  CEO of Usage.ai, joins the show to talk about:

  • Eliminating "cloud waste", creating a new category in the midst of the cloud wars, and the importance of timing when creating Usage.ai.
  • Kaveh's experience taking Usage from 0 to 1 and learnings from the scale and growth phase of his company
  • Diversifying and de-risking partner and platform risk, and predictions on where the future of the cloud is headed.

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Kaveh Khorram

CEO of Usage.ai

Kaveh Khorram is the CEO of Usage.ai, which helps organizations reduce their AWS bill.

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