Fire up the burners—our debut episode is a full-course cloud-optimization feast! We break down CloudZero’s $56 M megaround, North.Cloud’s AI-powered real-time tuner, and Flexera’s self-updating cost rules. Then we serve four battle-tested recipes—tag mastery, rightsizing, spot + reserved blends, and automation—that can slash up to 75 % off your bill. Aprons on, cloud-cost warriors—let’s get cooking!