Executive Summary

Companies running AI-driven workloads and dozens of SaaS tools face hidden per-request API/model billing and permissions sprawl that create both unexpected spend and security risk. Finance, FinOps and security/engineering teams are the ones left to reconcile runaway bills, leaked API keys, and misconfigurations—often after the damage is done. Build a SaaS-first platform that automatically discovers API keys, subscriptions and model usage, correlates spend anomalies to specific services and users, and surfaces prioritized remediation playbooks (revoke keys, fix permissions, throttle model calls). Ship connectors to cloud providers, major model APIs and popular SaaS/IAM systems, plus finance-facing audit reports showing dollars saved and security-facing risk scores. This targets a $36B addressable market (3,000,000 businesses × $12K average annual cloud & SaaS spend) at a moment when AI per-request billing and cross-functional FinOps/security workflows raise willingness to pay for productized audits. If you can credibly recover even 5–15% of SaaS/cloud spend for customers, the unit economics and GTM to CFOs and security leaders are attractive. The competitive edge is a combined cost + security product that prioritizes fixes by dollar impact and breach risk, with focused visibility into AI/model billing that many FinOps or CASB tools miss. Key challenges are building low-friction integrations and earning trust to access billing and keys, but with medium competition and strong revenue potential this is a practical, high-leverage idea if you can execute on connectors and automated remediation.

Market Opportunity

Find and remove hidden AI/SaaS spend waste while fixing security gaps targets a $36.0B = 3,000,000 businesses × $12K average annual cloud & SaaS spend total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 18% YoY — composite of Gartner/IDC SaaS and cloud spending growth (2023-2025 projections).

Key trends driving demand: AI-driven workloads are shifting costs from fixed infra to per-request API/model billing, creating new optimization opportunities.; Finance and engineering teams are increasingly collaborating on cloud and SaaS cost governance, raising demand for productized audits.; Security risk from leaked API keys and misconfigured SaaS permissions is rising, increasing willingness to pay for combined cost and security solutions..

Key competitors include CloudZero, Torii (or similar SaaS Management Platform), Wiz / Orca / Palo Alto Prisma Cloud (cloud security posture).

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Find and remove hidden AI/SaaS spend waste while fixing security gaps

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