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Join host Ray Mota as he sits down with Matt Biringer, Co-Founder of North Cloud, to explore the evolving world of public cloud finance. In this episode, we dive into:
• Why cloud cost management matters – The shift from upfront data-center purchasing to utility-based billing and its impact on budgets.
• The rise of FinOps – How finance, engineering, and product teams can collaborate around cloud spend—and the cultural and political barriers they face.
• Visibility & automation – From 50-page invoices to real-time dashboards, and the AI-driven tools that right-size resources, alert on anomalies, and allocate costs automatically.
• Agent North: Cloud FinOps AI – A sneak peek at North Cloud’s upcoming “Agent North,” which ingests your billing telemetry and technical docs to answer finance and engineering questions in natural language.
• Security & governance – Balancing automation with safeguards, air-gaps, and scenario planning to keep your financial automation platform secure.
About Matt Biringer
Matt Biringer is the co-founder and CEO of North.Cloud, the AI-powered platform that helps companies cut cloud waste and control costs, without the spreadsheets. Before launching North in 2023 (literally from his garage), Matt spent 12 years selling datacenter technology, leading growth at Pure Storage, CDI, and SHI.
When he’s not scaling North, you’ll find him chasing his kids, training jiu-jitsu, lifting weights, or perfecting a new recipe. He also angel invests in early-stage startups, backing companies like NodeECO, Light, Data Herald, and Pipedream Labs.
Find Matt online:
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbiringer/
Twitter
https://x.com/biringer_
About North.Cloud
North.Cloud is an AI-powered cloud optimization platform tackling the rising costs and inefficiencies of modern cloud infrastructure. By eliminating manual FinOps processes and rigid cost models, North delivers real-time, automated savings across AWS and GCP. Its dynamic platform helps companies reduce waste, improve efficiency, and gain transparency over their cloud spend. To learn more,
visit North.Cloud
https://www.north.cloud/
