Runway Intelligence

Data-driven insight for executives to help turn infrastructure into a competitive advantage.

Runway Intelligence is OpenMetal’s executive insight series exploring how cloud economics, infrastructure design, and operational strategy shape valuation, margins, and time to exit. Built for late-stage startups and their investors, it translates complex cloud decisions into clear financial outcomes. Because in the scaleup economy, predictability isn’t just technical—it’s financial.

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The Runway Compression Trap How Cloud Spend Quietly Shortens Your Exit Timeline

The Runway Compression Trap — How Cloud Spend Quietly Shortens Your Exit Timeline

Cloud bills don’t just eat budgets—they compress runway, distort forecasts, and quietly erode valuation. Learn how CTOs and CFOs can align on a shared playbook for predictable, growth-ready infrastructure.

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Todd Robinson

Late-stage startups and investors share the same challenge — building companies that last longer than the next budget cycle. Predictable infrastructure gives both sides what they need most: confidence in the numbers.

Todd Robinson, President & CEO at OpenMetal

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Predictability Is the New Efficiency: Why Late-Stage Startups Need Capacity, Not Chaos

Late-stage startups face a critical challenge: cloud cost unpredictability destroys valuations faster than inefficiency. When infrastructure bills swing 30-40% monthly without warning, finance teams can’t forecast burn rates, boards lose confidence in projections, and funding rounds become harder. Discover how the private capacity model delivers predictable infrastructure economics through fixed-cost OpenStack solutions, enabling Series C-E companies to stabilize unit economics, strengthen investor confidence, and make strategic growth decisions without fear of surprise costs.

The Replatforming Dilemma: When VMware and Hyperscalers Both Cost Too Much

Your infrastructure choice isn’t just technical—it’s financial. Broadcom’s VMware transformation and hyperscaler billing opacity create margin compression exactly when late-stage startups need improving unit economics. Open infrastructure provides the third path.

Your Cloud Bill Isn’t Just a Number, It’s Your Gross Margin in Disguise

Your cloud bill isn’t just an expense—it’s margin you can recover. See how infrastructure decisions directly impact gross margin, burn rate, and valuation for late-stage SaaS companies

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