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PointFive

Category: AI Infrastructure

PointFive is an AI-native cloud and AI cost efficiency platform that helps enterprises detect deep infrastructure waste and automate remediation across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Snowflake, Databricks, and AI platforms. PointFive was founded in 2023. The company is led by Alon Arvatz. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $96M. Latest round: Series B. Key investors include Accel, Index Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Entrée Capital, Perpetual Growth, Vesey Ventures, Sheva Ventures.

Founded
2023
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
Team size
101-500
Total funding
$96M

Value proposition

PointFive provides the deepest waste detection in the industry (500+ optimization types across 5 layers of depth) combined with agentic remediation that automatically drafts PRs, opens tickets, and tracks fixes to verified savings — bridging the gap between FinOps visibility and engineering action.

Products and solutions

DeepWaste Detection (500+ proprietary detections across cloud, data, and AI), Agentic Remediation (auto-drafts PRs, opens Jira tickets, routes to Slack), DeepWaste for AI (model, GPU, and data platform spend control), TokenShift (token waste reduction at developer endpoint), Pointer (natural language cloud cost AI agent), MCP Server (cost intelligence inside AI tools), InfraFabric (live contextualized resource graph)

Unique value

Only platform with native tokenomics, PTU sizing, model selection guidance, and cost-per-inference analysis across OpenAI, Bedrock, and Vertex AI — alongside deep cloud, Kubernetes, Snowflake, and Databricks optimization. Agentic remediation that writes the PR, not just a report.

Target customer

Enterprise FinOps teams, engineering/platform teams, and cloud infrastructure teams at large organizations managing multi-cloud environments with significant AI/cloud spend

Industries served

Technology/SaaS, Financial Services, E-commerce, Telecommunications, Enterprise (any organization with significant cloud infrastructure spend)

Technology advantage

DeepWaste detection technology inspired by cyber intelligence methodologies (founders' cybersecurity background); 500+ proprietary detection types; agentic remediation that bridges detection to action; native AI cost management (tokenomics, model selection, cost-per-inference); agentless read-only deployment; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified

How they differentiate

Unlike visibility-first tools (Vantage, CloudZero, Finout) that stop at dashboards and reports, PointFive closes the loop from detection to remediation — automatically drafting PRs, opening tickets, and verifying savings. Its DeepWaste technology goes 5 layers deep vs. surface-level recommendations, and it's the only platform with native AI cost management across OpenAI, Bedrock, and Vertex AI.

Main competitors

CloudHealth (VMware), Vantage, CloudZero, Finout

Key partnerships

AWS (recommended and promoted by AWS to customers, available on AWS Marketplace), Snowflake (Chris Degnan, Snowflake CRO, on Board of Directors), SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified

Notable customers

Nubank, E.ON, Hertz, Fanatics, Swiss Post, NICE, Elastic, BHN (Blackhawk Network), Checkmarx

Major milestones

2023: Company founded by ex-IntSights founders, 2024-06: Raised $16M Seed led by Index Ventures, 2024-11: Raised $20M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, 2025-03: Appointed Snowflake CRO Chris Degnan to Board, 2025-05: Unveiled Cloud Efficiency Posture Management (CEPM), 2026-06: Raised $60M Series B led by Accel ($96M total), Launched TokenShift for AI token cost management, Launched Pointer (natural language AI agent for cloud costs)

Growth metrics

Over 100 employees (129 as of May 2026 per Tracxn); Nubank achieved positive ROI within 10 days of deployment; Customers report 15-30% cloud spend reduction; 500+ optimization types; Operations across Tel Aviv, London, and US

Market positioning

Positioned as the "AI Efficiency OS" — the most comprehensive cloud and AI cost optimization platform that goes beyond visibility to automated remediation. Competes with CloudHealth, Cloudability, Flexera, Harness, IBM Turbonomic, Vantage, CloudZero, and Finout.

Geographic focus

Global (HQ in Tel Aviv, operations in London and US; strong presence in North America and Europe)

Patents and IP

DeepWaste™ is a proprietary detection technology; PointFive holds trademark on DeepWaste and CEPM (Cloud Efficiency Posture Management) terminology

About Alon Arvatz

Co-founder of IntSights (cybersecurity startup acquired by Rapid7 for $350M in 2021); Unit 8200 alumnus; Author of "The Battle for Your Computer"; Bachelor's Degree in Law from Tel Aviv University

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