The group-buying platform for cloud cost optimization using AI.
SaaS📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2022
Current Valuation
$1.5B
as of 2025-Q4
UNICORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Pump going public?
No. Pump is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Pump's valuation in 2026?
Pump is valued at $1.5B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Seed/Series A ($8.5M, Jun 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Pump filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Pump.
Who are Pump's investors?
Pump's investors include Y Combinator, DG Daiwa Ventures, Failup Ventures, Leonis Investissement, OneValley Ventures, Techstars.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Pump is a group-buying platform and AI agent for cloud cost optimization that helps startups save up to 60% on AWS, GCP, and Azure. It uses a collective buying power model and autonomous AI agents to manage cloud commitments without engineering manual effort.
balanced build + GTM — 40% builders vs 60% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Backend Engineer Brand DesignerDevOps EngineerEngineering ManagerFrontend Engineer Head Product Designer
Counted from Pump's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Spandana NakkaMichael Buckwald
Investors
Y Combinator · DG Daiwa Ventures · Failup Ventures · Leonis Investissement · OneValley Ventures · Techstars
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.