MilkStraw AI's Next Chapter: Announcing Our $600k Pre-Seed Round

At MilkStraw AI, we're building intelligent software that enables startups and companies to create impact without being held back by cloud costs. We believe companies should focus on building great products, not waste time manually optimizing their infrastructure costs. Leadership teams should spend their time steering product direction, not wrestling with cloud spending and distracting their teams.

Today, we're excited to announce our $600K pre-seed round, led by Flat6Labs with participation from Angel Spark, Beyond Capital, and other strategic investors.

Our Journey So Far

Last April, we shared our vision of creating a more enjoyable and effective way for fast-growing companies to optimize their cloud costs. Traditional DevOps software for cost optimization is often hideous and frustrating to use. We believe cloud optimization should be exciting, fast, and empowering.

Our solution was born from firsthand experience building and working in companies where cloud costs were a constant challenge. Existing tools were slow, limited, and disconnected from modern teams' needs. We recognized the lack of tools focused on impactful, secure, and rapid optimization. We also noticed the deep connection teams have with their infrastructure, they care for it, so the tools that help them need to be centered around that.

Since launch, hundreds of companies have embraced our vision. We're proud to support innovative organizations like MAGNiTT, Voltlines, Netwatch, Floranow, MakanE, IdenTV and many others. Our users consistently tell us our product is "too good to be true" – feedback that drives us.

Our investors

To help us scale with the demand for our product, we are excited to partner with Flat6Labs (Mohanad Elhartany) as our lead investor on our pre-seed round. We are also thrilled to have participation from Angel Spark and Beyond Capital who has backed many amazing startups globally.

Also, many experienced operators and angel investors are participating in the round. We have some incredible leaders joining this round, including Karim Chouikri (Ex-CEO at Emakina), Ghassan Halawa (Founder & CEO @Parachute16), Mahesh Murthy (Founder @pinstorm), Imad Ghazareddine (Founder & CEO @Mamo), Hisham Abu Bakr ( Founder & CEO @Dimitries) and others.

The Path Forward

Our mission remains clear: creating the best possible cloud optimization experience. MilkStraw AI will continue to be the fast, powerful tool that allows teams to focus on meaningful work while we handle optimization.

We're also committed to advancing industry best practices. We believe fast-growing companies should embrace optimal practices, even when they require more initial investment. By partnering with forward-thinking companies, we'll help evolve how infrastructure is designed and maintained. MilkStraw AI will embody these best practices, helping teams: