Like many other enterprise companies, Symphony was locked into its cloud providers as its tech stack became increasingly entwined with and dependent on the cloud companies' tools and software.
Some of that computing power and storage comes from the major cloud providers themselves, by way of consumer devices, but they can also come from a company's own private cloud, Gurle said.
On Wall Street, tech execs constantly look for new ways to keep cloud costs in check.
This is reaching new heights thanks to the AI craze, with the construction of data centers wreaking havoc on rural communities.
Here's the pitch deck Hive used to raise $13 million.
Persons:
David Gurle, Gurle
Organizations:
Service, Symphony, Wall Street, Amazon Web Services, Google, Business, Oracle Labs, University of California, Hive, SC Ventures, Chartered, French
Locations:
University of California Berkeley, America