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Yuki just emerged from stealth with $6M seed led by Hyperwise Ventures. What it is: AI-powered data cost optimization platform for Snowflake, BigQuery, and Iceberg data lakes. The numbers: • $6M seed round • 42.6% average cost savings for customers • 15 employees across Israel, US, UK • Founded in 2025 How they built it: • Founders (childhood friends) reunited after decade apart • Both working in data space independently • Identified gap: no control plane for data management • Built metadata-only solution with enterprise security • Revenue model: percentage of actual savings generated • Landed customers like Tenable and Angel Studios The insight: "Data is the only resource no one truly manages" - CEO Ido Arieli Noga Brewed by Startup Beaker.