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Hey HN: Kaveh here, founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We help companies drive down AWS, GCP, and Azure spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engin…

Hi HN community, My name is Kaveh, I'm the founder and CEO of www.usage.ai I launched on HN last year with the first version of Usage AI, we used Standard RIs and the RI marketplac…

Hi everyone, Kaveh here: Founder of www.usage.ai We just launched a free tool that helps you compare EC2 prices. It's simple and straightforward for now, but I would love the commu…

This is mainly in reference to the fact that Reserved Instances don't have any bearing on the instances themselves (ie. no code change, performance chance, server downtime, etc.). …

We actually have a strong positive relationship with AWS! They're helping us by introducing us to their customers, and we can also be purchased on the AWS marketplace: https://aws.…

I like to say we're a marketmaker for cloud contracts. Our recommendations take our current inventory into account and it's been very effective considering the amount of 'trades' w…

For now we're all-in on AWS, but have plans on going to Google Cloud later this year!

Good to hear. :-)

In a way. Resellers typically incorporate a company's AWS organization into theirs, and via resource sharing of savings instruments, are able to pass on savings to their customers …

You can start with as little as one 4GB instance!

Appreciate your support!

We've heard similar horror stories -- we're hoping to make the cloud a little more manageable!

Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We launched on Hacker News for the first time early last year, and we've made a lot of progress since then. We've saved ten…

Thank you!

Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We help companies drive down AWS EC2 spend by buying and selling 3-year no-upfront reserved instances. Why? Because there's…

Hi everyone, Kaveh here, founder of Usage AI. Would love to get the community's thoughts here and answer any questions y'all might have!

When I first met him he told me he was living in a tiny appt in Hell's Kitchen (NYC neighborhood) but was looking for a new job. He’d just moved to the city from Colorado and was t…