# Spandana Nakka

> Spandana Nakka is the Founder & CEO of Pump.co, a Y Combinator-backed startup that cuts AWS cloud bills by up to 60% for free using group buying and AI. Indian-origin, UAE-raised, and Stanford-educated, Nakka spent four years as one of Google's early female PMs on Google Fiber and Google Play before co-founding Sleek (acquired by Snackpass in 2021) and then building Pump in 2022. Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 for Consumer Technology, she leads an 88-person team making enterprise-level cloud discounts accessible to startups that can't negotiate alone.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Pump.co
- **Organizations:** Pump.co, Sleek (acquired by Snackpass), Google, Y Combinator, Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, Osmania University, Exchange Student, Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Master of Science, Engineering Management, Stanford University, S22 Batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology, Forbes AI 50 recognition, Y Combinator S22 alumna

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Joined Google as Product Manager
- **2014-2018** — PM on Google Fiber (early female PM) and Google Play, building products for billions of users
- **2016-2017** — Board Member, Palo Alto Art Center Foundation
- **2018** — Left Google to co-found Sleek, a dynamic pricing / queue management fintech startup
- **2019** — Sleek launched its surge pricing API platform for high-demand venues
- **2021** — Snackpass acquired Sleek; Nakka joined Snackpass team
- **2022** — Founded Pump.co, joined Y Combinator S22 batch
- **2023** — Pump.co launched publicly, signed 250+ customers including 50+ YC companies in first 6 months
- **2023** — Launched PumpGPT - AI assistant for AWS cost optimization
- **2023** — Established Pump Billing Technologies India Private Limited as director
- **2023** — Became AWS Advanced Tier Partner (fewer than 1,000 companies worldwide)
- **2024** — Announced Techstars partnership; expanded product suite with Pump Save, View, and Secure
- **2025** — Pump.co operates with 88 employees, serving customers across AWS, GCP, and Azure

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 - Consumer Technology
- Forbes AI 50 recognition
- Y Combinator S22 alumna
- AWS Advanced Tier Partner status for Pump.co (fewer than 1,000 companies worldwide)
- Co-founded Sleek, acquired by Snackpass in 2021
- Early female PM at Google Fiber and Google Play
- Built Pump.co to 250+ customers including 50+ YC companies within 6 months of launch
- Expanded Pump to India, establishing a local subsidiary
- Led Google Play products reaching a billion-plus users
- Secured $4.13M in seed funding for Pump.co
- Published article in Google Play Apps & Games on optimizing Android apps for emerging markets (2017)

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Pump.co's latest funding round (Seed) closed, total funding $4.13M
- **2024-00** — Announced Techstars partnership to extend cloud savings to Techstars portfolio companies
- **2023-11** — Pump cutting cloud service expenses featured in Digital Journal; PumpGPT highlighted as AI-powered AWS support replacement
- **2023-10** — Pump expanded to India with local subsidiary; India ranked as second-highest source of customer signups
- **2023-07** — Pump.co publicly launched with Benzinga press release, announcing 250+ customers and 50+ YC companies

## Links

- Website: https://pump.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spndn07/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/spndn07
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spndn07/

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Last updated: 2026-05-11