saas.unbound How to predict and control your AI SaaS cloud spend with Ed Barrow @Cloud Capital
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In episode #4 of season 6, Anna nadeina talks with Edward Barrow, Co-Founder & CEO @ Cloud Capital, a Cloud Cost Management platform helping finance (CFOs) and engineering teams control, forecast, and optimize cloud spending, especially on AWS, by bridging financial and technical visibility.
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1:37 — Ed's Journey: From Bootstrap to VC-Backed SaaS
6:48 — Post-Acquisition Life: M&A and Private Equity
9:16 — Cloud Spend Benchmarks: 10-20% of Revenue
12:10 — The Commitment Trap: Saving Money vs Taking Risk
15:39 — AI's Impact on Cloud Economics
20:11 — How Cloud Capital Works: Financial Risk Transfer
29:28 — Building AI-Native: Wisdom Plus Automation
34:01 — Partnership Strategy: Bottom-Up vs Top-Down
41:49 — 20 Years of Lessons: Running at Brick Walls
43:55 — Founder Hack: Walking Meetings
Ed - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebarrow/
Cloud Capital - https://www.cloudcapital.co/
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