# Asim Razzaq

> Asim Razzaq is a software engineer, technology executive, and the co-founder and CEO of Yotascale. Raised in Lahore and educated in computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, he led infrastructure and platform engineering work at eBay and PayPal before founding Yotascale in 2015. His career has focused on making the hidden economics of cloud systems legible to the engineers whose architectural decisions create those costs.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Yotascale
- **Organizations:** Yotascale, PayPal, eBay, Axcient, University of Texas at Austin
- **Education:** BS (Honors) in Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Led the build-out of PayPal's private cloud and developer platform, which Yotascale's biography says supported multi-billion-dollar payments volume., Co-founded Yotascale in 2015 and guided it through venture rounds including a $13 million Series B led by Felicis Ventures., Is named as an inventor on U.S. Patent 8,645,972, Method and system for interface data utilization, issued in 2014.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a lead architect at a startup after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin.
- **2007-2011** — First tenure at PayPal, working on large-scale infrastructure and platforms.
- **2011-2012** — Director of Engineering for the X.commerce Platform at eBay.
- **2012-2013** — Vice President of Engineering at Axcient.
- **2013-2015** — Senior Director of Platform Services Engineering at PayPal, with responsibility for core infrastructure supporting payments and logins.
- **2015** — Co-founded Yotascale after customer discovery with engineers at large companies and an initial period of self-funding.
- **2017** — Yotascale announced a $3.6 million venture round and its machine-learning approach to cloud infrastructure optimization.
- **2018** — Yotascale raised a Series A after Razzaq said the company had gained conviction to scale its team.
- **2020** — Yotascale raised a $13 million Series B led by Felicis Ventures, bringing reported total funding to $25 million at the time.
- **2022** — Launched Always an Engineer, a short-form podcast about engineering careers, management, and technical leadership.
- **2023** — Yotascale introduced Yota Copilot, a generative-AI interface for FinOps analysis and cloud-cost questions.
- **2026** — Yotascale's live website states that the Yotascale Platform is now part of CoreStack.

## Achievements

- Led the build-out of PayPal's private cloud and developer platform, which Yotascale's biography says supported multi-billion-dollar payments volume.
- Co-founded Yotascale in 2015 and guided it through venture rounds including a $13 million Series B led by Felicis Ventures.
- Is named as an inventor on U.S. Patent 8,645,972, Method and system for interface data utilization, issued in 2014.
- Created and hosted the Always an Engineer podcast, launched in 2022.
- Published commentary on platform cost management and AI software development through Forbes Technology Council.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Yotascale's live website states that the Yotascale Platform is now part of CoreStack and redirects visitors to CoreStack FinOps+.
- **2025-02** — Appeared on The Growth and Scaling Podcast to discuss cloud software costs, founder focus, customer pain, and execution.
- **2025-02** — Shared a Yotascale case study reporting that ClickUp reduced cloud costs by 20% and cut weekly cloud-cost management work from 10 hours to 20 minutes using Yota Copilot.
- **2024-01** — Published How To Master Total Platform Cost Management through Forbes Technology Council.

## Links

- Website: https://yotascale.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asimrazzaq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yotascale
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pROEjGzvds
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/yotascaleai/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18