Completely agree. We have > $50m from our most recent funding round, and even a cloud expense of $50k/year (in our case for storage) is considered a high priority to address. If it was $300k, our CTO would be running around with a butane torch setting everyone’s hair on fire until the problem was resolved.

But, venture funding does create a lot of weird inefficiencies which vary from company to company.

But what is your income? How important it is to address should be compared to that and current profits too if any, and whether you have to be profitable right now.