Company profile
MilkStraw AI
Cloud cost optimization on autopilot for AWS.
- Category
- Cloud & compute
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Sells to
- Small business
- Business model
- Usage-based API
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS
- Pricing
- You pay a percentage of what we actually save you. If we don't save you anything, you pay nothing. No upfront fees, no setup fees, no onboarding costs, no minimum commitment. For startups on credit, it's 20% of savings / PM.
- Builds own models
- Yes
- Modalities
- Not stated
What MilkStraw AI does
MilkStraw AI helps companies save up to 50% on AWS costs by allowing them to borrow 3-year AWS Savings Plans for the highest possible discounts without long-term commitment. It continuously monitors cloud usage, suggests savings, and applies discounts upon approval. The service offers the flexibility of on-demand instances with the pricing of reserved instances, covering various compute and database services. MilkStraw AI operates with read-only access to billing data, ensuring no access to workloads or sensitive information, and charges a percentage of the actual savings delivered.
Key capabilities
- Borrow 3-year AWS Savings Plans
- Highest possible discounts without long-term commitment
- Continuous monitoring of AWS usage and contracts
- Fluid savings by transferring commitments into AWS Organization
- Dynamic adjustment of commitments based on evolving needs
- Covers all services that Savings Plans or Reserved Instances can cover (DataStores, Compute services)
- Single, elegant view of AWS usage
- Performance-based billing (pay a percentage of savings)
- No upfront fees, setup fees, or minimum commitment
- Cancel anytime, no contracts, no lock-in
- Read-only access to AWS billing layer
- Secure connection via least-privilege cross-account IAM role
- Supports single AWS accounts and AWS Organizations
- Seamless integration and transfer of MilkBoxes without downtime
- Zero access to workloads or sensitive information
Use cases
- Cloud cost optimization for AWS
- Reducing AWS bill for startups and growing companies
- Managing AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances without commitment risk
- Monitoring and analyzing AWS usage patterns for savings opportunities
- Consolidating fragmented cloud optimization
AI approach
MilkStraw AI uses AI to continuously monitor AWS on-demand capacity and existing contracts, identify opportunities to cover on-demand usage with Savings Plans and Reserved Instances, and dynamically adjust commitments (referred to as "MilkBoxes") to optimize cloud costs. The AI transfers commitments into and out of the AWS Organization based on evolving needs.
Tech named: AI
Industries served
- Fintech
- Data
- E-commerce
- Mobility
- SaaS
- Food
- Healthcare
- Logistics
What it says sets it apart
- Get reserved instance prices with on-demand flexibility
- No engineering or contracts required
- Borrow 3-year AWS Savings Plans without being trapped long-term
- Pay only a percentage of actual savings, no savings means no pay
- No upfront fees, setup fees, or minimum commitment
- Cancel anytime, no lock-in
- Read-only access, no access to physical layer or sensitive data
- AI transfers in/out commitments based on evolving needs
- Optimizes commitment coverage across compute and database services automatically
- Integration and transfer of MilkBoxes happen seamlessly without downtime
Funding rounds we track
Flat6Labs, Angel Spark, Beyond Capital, AngelSpark
From the AI funding tracker — rounds as reported by the linked publications.
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