This playbook offers AWS cost optimization strategies—like right-sizing, serverless adoption, and AI inference control—to reduce cloud and AI expenses without slowing product delivery, featuring quick wins, decision frameworks, and key metrics.

This playbook guides startups on AWS to balance AI innovation with financial discipline, covering cost forecasting, controlled experimentation, build vs buy choices, LLM cost optimization, infrastructure selection, FinOps strategies, and a 90-day scaling plan.