LavaLab
Traeco is the cost optimization layer for AI agents. Teams run agents across multiple providers, each siloed behind its own dashboard and billing cycle, making a unified picture of AI spend structurally impossible. When costs spike, there is no agent-level breakdown, no trail, no explanation. Just a larger bill at the end of the month. Traeco gives every dollar a source, so teams can finally act on what is driving their spend instead of absorbing it.
Traeco instruments each agent at the function level, pinpointing exactly where spend originates and why. It then delivers specific optimization recommendations, each paired with a quality impact assessment and a confidence score so teams understand the full tradeoff before making any change. Teams that would have spent weeks debugging a cost spike resolve it in hours, without sacrificing the output quality their product depends on.
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Mehek is an incoming Summer Analyst at JP Morgan and currently studies CS and Business at USC. She has worked as an Investment Banking Analyst, manages $6.8M of USC Marshall's endowment fund, and founded USC's first ever student-led VC curriculum program. She is currently building at the intersection of finance and emerging technology.
Designer
Margaret is exploring the intersection of design and business, building AI-forward products as the Director of Product Design at TroyLabs, USC's only accelerator program. Shipped product and brand for ventures including Mark, an AI bookmarking tool that raised over $1M in seed funding, and Im'peccable Chicken, a CPG brand featured on Shark Tank. Economics at USC, minor in Business Administration.
Developer
Incoming Data Agent Engineering Intern at Qualcomm. Builds AI products at the intersection of hardware, software, and AI. Winner of the a16z-sponsored LA Tech Week Hackathon. CS + Computer Engineering at USC, Minor in AI.
Developer
Sania is passionate about building immersive, intelligent experiences across tech, gaming, and AI. Incoming Software Engineering Intern at Serve Robotics on the Simulation team. She has worked on several projects from player engagement features for a gaming startup, to AI agents that transformed team workflows, to technical product strategy and prototyping for Riot Games. Game Development major, CS and AI minors at USC.