CloudZero
CloudZero provides cost analytics software for AI infrastructure, helping companies track spending per customer or feature. The 160-person Boston-based company has raised $119M, including a Series C in May 2025.
The growth story
CloudZero grew from 41 to 160 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $119M along the way, most recently a Series C in May 2025.
About
CloudZero sells tools that break down cloud infrastructure costs for AI deployments, showing expenses per business metric rather than just raw compute usage. Customers use it to justify AI investments by tying spending to specific outcomes.
The company reached Series C funding in 2025 with backing from MongoDB and Matrix, among others. Its headcount of 160 suggests steady scaling since its 2016 founding.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 44 employees, indicating a product-led growth model transitioning to enterprise sales. Leadership includes alumni from IBM Turbonomic and CloudHealth, two companies that pioneered cloud cost management tools.
The CloudZero org chart
Erik Peterson (Founder, Director, and CTO/CISO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 53 (-20% YoY), Engineering 49 (-9% YoY), Business Development 9 (-10% YoY), Marketing 8 (-20% YoY), Information Technology 7 (0% YoY), Customer Success and Support 5 (-17% YoY).
Talent flow
The team draws heavily from cloud cost optimization specialists, with 8 hires each from IBM Turbonomic and CloudHealth. Alumni frequently move to DevOps tooling companies like Harness and monitoring platforms like Datadog.
Most common previous employers of CloudZero staff: IBM Turbonomic (8), CloudHealth (8), Dell Technologies (7), CarGurus (6), Datadog (5), Sumo Logic (5). Former CloudZero employees most often moved to Applitools (4), Chainguard (3), Harness (2), Komodor (2), PointFive (2), Red Hat (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The CloudZero mafia
Three alumni-founded companies exist, most notably Applitools (122 employees), founded by a former CloudZero employee. Two other ventures remain at single-staff levels.
3Anand Sundaram, was Senior Vice President of Product until 2025Aubrie Goonan, was UX Lead until 2021Tobias Work, was Principal Software Engineer until 2019Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 34% direct, 40% search, 10% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at CloudZero: Leadership (59), Microsoft Office (58), SQL (48), Microsoft Excel (47), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (47), Communication (44), Software as a Service (SaaS) (44), Cloud Computing (43).
Where the team actually sits
CloudZero people are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (48), Greater Boston (31), United States (7), California, United States (6).
Search footprint
CloudZero attracts about 29,420 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $496K a month if bought through ads. It gained 8,913 ranking keywords and lost 8,195 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
CloudZero has 160 employees as of September 2026.
CloudZero has raised $119M in total, most recently a Series C round in May 2025.
CloudZero was founded in 2016 by Erik Peterson, Matt Manger.
Erik Peterson (Founder, Director, and CTO/CISO) sits at the top of CloudZero's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current CloudZero staff are IBM Turbonomic (8 people), CloudHealth (8 people), Dell Technologies (7 people).
Former CloudZero employees most often move to Applitools (4), Chainguard (3), Harness (2).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at CloudZero, including Applitools, The Borrowed Blossom, Swellify.
CloudZero attracts about 29,420 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $496K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among CloudZero staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
CloudZero staff are concentrated in Massachusetts, United States (48), Greater Boston (31), United States (7).
CloudZero has about 53 people in Sales, down 20% over the past year, as of September 2026.
CloudZero has about 49 people in Engineering, down 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 144 current and 153 former CloudZero profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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