The Latte on Cloud Costs

S3 E4- Cloud Cost Optimization: From Brake to Accelerator in 2025

Host Praneet Chandra, Senior Director, CloudKeeper sits down with Stephen J. Barr, Chief Evangelist at CloudFix, to explore how cloud cost optimization can shift from cutting spend to unlocking innovation. Stephen shares why value over savings matters and how automation enables teams to experiment with confidence.

S3 E2: Value-Driven FinOps: Moving Past the Cost Reduction Myth

☁️ Season 3 of The Latte on Cloud Costs continues with a guest who’s been in the trenches of FinOps at scale.🎙️ Ben de Mora — FinOps expert with experience at GitLab, IBM, and the FinOps Foundation — joins host Praneet Chandra, Sr. Director at CloudKeeper, for a no-fluff conversation on the real challenges and opportunities in cloud cost optimization today.From why “multi-cloud” isn’t always a dirty word to what teams still get wrong about tagging, tooling, and commitments, Ben shares practical insights you won’t find in any playbook.🎧 In this episode, you’ll learn:✅ What drives modern FinOps strategy beyond buzzwords✅ Why tooling isn’t just build vs. buy — and what actually works✅ How to create alignment between finance and engineering teamsWatch now and take your FinOps game to the next level.#TheLatteOnCloudCosts #FinOpsUnfiltered #CloudOptimization #CloudKeeper #Season3 #DevOps #CloudCosts

S3 E3: AI Cloud Costs: GPU Economics, Unit Pricing & Developer Ownership

When every GPU costs $700–$1,000 a day, every cloud decision matters.In this episode of The Latte on Cloud Costs, Kartik Gupta, President at Spyne, joins host Praneet Chandra for a no-fluff conversation on balancing rapid AI innovation with responsible cloud spending.☁️ What you’ll discover:-Why cloud cost optimization is more than just a buzzword-The real trade-offs between managed services and self-hosting-Why multi-cloud might be more chaos than clarity-The hidden impact of cloud costs on pricing and margins-How to create a TVC model — Transparency, Visibility & Communication🎧 Whether you’re scaling AI workloads or just trying to keep your cloud bill in check, this episode will change how you think about cost, strategy, and growth.

S3 E1: From Chaos to Clarity - The FinOps Balancing Act

Host Praneet Chandra sits down with Dvir Mizrahi, VP of FinOps at Wiv.ai, for an unfiltered conversation on the balancing act every cloud leader faces today. From scaling cloud costs to AI’s real impact on FinOps, Dvir shares stories and strategies from the frontlines. No jargon. No sugarcoat. Just practical insights every tech and FinOps leader should hear.#TheLatteOnCloudCosts #FinOps #CloudOptimization #AI #WivAI #CloudKeeper #TechLeadership #CloudCosts

S2 E4- Rethinking Cloud Costs: From Dashboards to Decisions

In this episode of The Latte on Cloud Costs, we sit down with Pathik Sharma, Cost Optimization Lead at Google to explore how the FinOps conversation has evolved in 2025 — and what cost optimization really looks like at scale.From killing dashboards to embracing AI, Pathik shares the unfiltered truths of managing cloud costs inside one of the world’s largest cloud ecosystems.✅ Why tagging is make-or-break✅ The myth that FinOps = cost-cutting✅ Who should actually own cloud spend✅ And why “value optimization” is the new north starThis isn't about theory. It’s about what’s actually happening inside modern cloud teams today.#TheLatteOnCloudCosts #CloudFinOps #Google #CloudOptimization #EngineeringLeadership #FinOpsUnfiltered #CloudMaturity #CostEfficiency #S2E4 #CloudWithoutTheFluff