At MilkStraw AI, we're changing the way engineers interact with cloud infrastructure.

In 16 months, we've come a long way. Today, we're excited to share the next chapter. A $2M seed round led by Venture Souq and new product updates that bring us closer to that mission.

The Next Generation of Startups Are Built With MilkStraw

A hundred startups from early-stage to growth companies use MilkStraw to optimize their infrastructure so they can focus on building. Companies like Thndr, Maqsam, Ziina, and Beyond AI trust us to help them manage cloud without the overhead. Our approach is becoming the standard for high-performing teams: continuous optimization, proactive flagging, zero overhead.

"MilkStraw is a Power House for Cloud cost optimization tools" Ahmed Itman, Senior SRE, Thndr

The validation speaks for itself: the vast majority of our users became paying customers and we've had zero churn in 16 months. That's the kind of product-market fit you can build a company on.

Partnering With Venture Souq

To take MilkStraw to the next level, we've partnered with Venture Souq for our seed round. We chose them for their long-term approach to company building and their track record backing category-defining companies.

"Most cloud cost tools create more work for engineering teams. MilkStraw actually does the work for them. That's a meaningful difference, and the retention numbers prove it.” Tammer Qaddumi, Co-Founder and General Partner at VentureSouq

Ibtikar and Musaab Hakimi are also joining this round, bringing insights and networks that will help us scale.

This funding gives us the resources to define the new standard for cloud management.

What We're Building

Cloud lies at the heart of every software team's workflow. That's why we started by solving the sharpest pain point: cost. But building great products and successful companies requires more than fast cost optimization. Teams need a new way to interact with cloud through meaningful tools and clear, beautiful dashboards that help them achieve a continuous balance between cost and reliability. A process that scales with them as the company grows across teams.

What's Coming Next

The Feed

Your cloud's activity stream. Log in and immediately see what changed: flags we found, savings we applied, spend spikes worth knowing. No digging through dashboards, no alerts buried in email. Updated daily, so nothing slips through.

Right Sizing

Infrastructure drifts over time. Oversized instances, old generations, volumes nobody's touched in months. MilkStraw flags what needs attention and shows you the savings. If you use IaC, the code is ready for you.

The AI Layer

A conversational interface to your infrastructure. Ask "why is my bill spiking?" or "how's the production DB after the release?" and get an answer in seconds. Engineers debug in one conversation instead of flipping through ten tabs. Finance pulls reports without waiting on engineering.

Looking Ahead

We started MilkStraw 16 months ago with a simple insight: optimizing cloud is becoming increasingly complicated. The current approach is to layer more processes and cumbersome tools.

We want to see a world where we unwind all of this. Where practices and tools fit the builder's workflow. Where teams can focus on the act of building.

That's what we're here to create.

We're grateful for the support from our customers, partners, and investors. Here's to the future.