Amsterdam’s cloud cost optimisation platform Yasu secures €850K
Amsterdam-based Yasu has raised €850K in funding to build its AI system for reducing cloud waste and expand its presence in Europe.
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Amsterdam-based Yasu, a startup that develops autonomous agents for cloud systems, has secured €850,000 in pre-seed funding.
The round was led by Akka, with participation from Empower Impact, with earlier support from Antler.
Wim van Ginkel and Eric Koek, Partners at Empower Impact, says, “From our first meeting, it was clear that Yasu embodies the kind of founders and impact we look for. They’re operating at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, AI, and sustainability — a combination with immense potential.”
“Beyond the financial upside, Yasu’s platform already reduced 77 tonnes of CO2 for early customers, proving that cost optimisation and sustainability can go hand in hand. We’re proud to back a team that moves fast, executes relentlessly, and is redefining efficiency in the cloud era.”
Tackling cloud waste ahead of time
Founded in 2025, Yasu is developing an AI Cloud Engineer, a system of autonomous agents designed to stop cloud waste before it arises.
By placing agent-driven intelligence inside developer workflows, Yasu enables organisations to improve system performance, eliminate unnecessary spending, and lower their environmental impact.
The company notes that the global cloud infrastructure sector faces annual losses of €512B linked to misconfiguration, inefficiency, and system complexity. At the same time, the rise of Generative AI workloads has pushed cloud spending up by about 30 per cent, creating new pressure for organisations.
Thomas Rebaud, CEO of Akka, says, “With multi-cloud adoption reaching nearly 90 per cent of organisations, cloud cost management has become the number one concern for CTOs and CFOs alike. Vikram and John combine commercial vision with deep technical execution — exactly what’s needed to build a new category-defining product.”
“In just six months, Yasu has demonstrated clear traction, real ROI, and measurable environmental impact by reducing unnecessary compute waste and CO2 emissions.”
Since its launch in April 2025, Yasu has reported average cost reductions of 35 per cent for customers and now oversees €3.9M in cloud spending for companies such as alpha.One, TRaiCE, and Smiler.
Capital utilisation
The funds will support Yasu’s market expansion across Europe, growth of its agent-focused AI systems, and further development of its autonomous cloud optimisation platform.
Brief about Yasu’s founders
Yasu was founded in 2025 by Vikram Das Ambar and John in ’t Hout, who met during an Antler residency in Amsterdam. The pair brings more than three decades of combined experience across cloud, DevOps, and AI engineering.
Vikram previously led cloud and AI sales at AWS and Cognizant, working on major regional cloud engagements. John has served as a founding engineer three times and has spent over 15 years building ML and AI systems from zero to production.
Vikram Das Ambar says, “At AWS, I saw first-hand the frustration companies faced: they loved the cloud’s flexibility, but suspected they were overspending. That suspicion is now validated – nearly one-third of all cloud spend goes to waste.”
“Current tools only detect problems after deployment, when fixes are ten times more expensive. Yasu shifts cost visibility into development, where our AI agents prevent waste before it happens. We’re building an AI cloud engineer for every team — not just another monitoring platform. This funding accelerates that vision across Europe.”
