Ali Khajeh-Hosseini
FounderFounder at Infracost
San Diego, California, United States
FoundedInfracost · YC
About
Ali Khajeh-Hosseini is co-founder of Infracost leading product and customer success. He holds a PhD in cloud cost modeling and previously co-founded two cloud startups that were acquired, with over a decade of experience in cloud infrastructure and cost optimization.
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- a•••@infracost.ioreveal75% confident
Founder at InfracostYC W21
Intro paths
YC
Ali went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Infracost's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Ali can intro founders to Infracost's investors below.
Infracost's investors · 8
Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Brighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checks · since 2025Decibel PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Mango CapitalLos Altos · $1M – $1.5M checks · since 2025PruVen Capital PartnersLos Altos · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2025SV AngelSan Francisco · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Infracost
AS
Alistair ScottFounder
HK
Hassan Khajeh-HosseiniCEO
AK
Ali Khajeh Hosseini SalehabadDirector
HK
Hassan Khajeh Hosseini Saleh AbadExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- InfracostCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- AbarCloudCo-Founder - acquired by Snapp2016 — 2019
- RightScaleSoftware Development Director2012 — 2016Edinburgh / Santa Barbara
- ShopForCloudCo-Founder - acquired by RightScale2012Edinburgh
- Aquidata Excel LtdSoftware Engineer2004 — 2007Aberdeen
- The Robert Gordon UniversityCarnegie Scholarship Research Project2006Aberdeen
- AceJS.comCreator of AceJS.com2002
Skills & more
Product Management1Financial Operations5Infrastructure as code (IaC)5DevOps4Finops
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ali Khajeh-Hosseini?
- Ali Khajeh-Hosseini is co-founder of Infracost leading product and customer success. He holds a PhD in cloud cost modeling and previously co-founded two cloud startups that were acquired, with over a decade of experience in cloud infrastructure and cost optimization.
- Where does Ali Khajeh-Hosseini work?
- Ali Khajeh-Hosseini is Founder of Infracost.
- What companies did Ali Khajeh-Hosseini found?
- Ali Khajeh-Hosseini founded Infracost.
- Where did Ali Khajeh-Hosseini go to school?
- Ali Khajeh-Hosseini studied at Y Combinator; University of St Andrews (PhD, Computer Science); The University of Edinburgh (MSc, High Performance Computing).
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