This startup wants CFOs to treat cloud bills as innovation funds

Most companies see their monthly cloud invoice as an expense to be paid and forgotten. CloudLens AI, a startup, has launched an agentless cloud cost optimisation platform that argues the opposite: hidden inside that bill is the budget for your next AI project. Founded by Abhijit Rudra with Nisha Srivastava, the company turns a six-month billing summary into a reinvestment roadmap, without ever touching a customer's live infrastructure.