Founder Aldo Chiaradia appointed CEO of Cloudsome as company opens funding round to scale its AI‑native CloudOS for hybrid infrastructure
Milan, March 16, 2026 – Cloudsome today announced the appointment of founder Aldo Chiaradia as Chief Executive Officer. After serving as Group CIO for several multinational organizations, Chiaradia has left his most recent role to lead the company’s next phase of growth full time.
The leadership transition comes at a moment of strong momentum for the company: more than €450,000 in ARR, over 20 enterprise customers running the platform in production, a completed strategic repositioning, and the release of the MVP of its AI‑native conversational CloudOS designed for hybrid environments.
At the same time, Cloudsome is opening a €2 million seed‑extension funding round aimed at accelerating product development, expanding the engineering team, and scaling go‑to‑market activities across Europe.
Founder‑led execution during a growth phase
Over the past twelve months Cloudsome has completed a major strategic evolution:
Positioned its platform as a Cloud Operating System for hybrid and multi‑cloud environments
Released its AI‑native conversational layer
Started pilot collaborations with European sovereign cloud providers
Built a growing base of enterprise customers in manufacturing and services
Cloudsome’s platform introduces an intent‑based approach to infrastructure governance. Instead of relying on scripts and manual configurations, infrastructure can be managed through objectives, policies, and natural language.
At a time when 87% of enterprise organizations operate in hybrid or multi‑cloud environments (source: Gartner), operational complexity, fragmented tooling, and increasing requirements around compliance and digital sovereignty are creating demand for unified knowledge and control layers.
“Hybrid infrastructures have made deployment faster but governance significantly more complex,” said Aldo Chiaradia. “Today companies operate fragmented environments, using vertical tools and technical logics that are disconnected from business objectives. Our goal is to build the control layer that is currently missing: a Cloud Operating System capable of governing heterogeneous environments through intent rather than technical commands.
I chose to step away from the IT leadership of a multinational company because Europe is entering a structural phase in redefining its digital autonomy. There is a real opportunity to build an AI‑native cloud governance infrastructure designed from a European perspective for the European market.”
Continuity and strengthened governance
Stefano Lena, who served as CEO over the past year and led the company’s repositioning and commercial consolidation, will transition into the role of Business Advisor focusing on fundraising and strategic development.
“We have built strong foundations with limited resources: customers already running in production, recurring revenue, and a clear market vision,” said Lena. “The transition happens from a position of strength. The next step is to engage financial partners aligned with a trajectory of technological and industrial growth at the European scale.”
The updated leadership structure reflects a founder‑led execution model, with strengthened governance and disciplined capital allocation as the company enters its expansion phase.
Roadmap and use of funds
The new funding round will support:
Further development of the intent‑based engine and AI‑native capabilities
Integration with European sovereign cloud ecosystems
Expansion of the engineering and product teams
Development of the commercial organization and strategic partnerships
Cloudsome aims to establish its conversational CloudOS as a new paradigm for governing hybrid infrastructure, positioning itself as an independent control layer between workloads, cloud providers, and corporate policies.
About Aldo Chiaradia
Aldo Chiaradia is the founder of Cloudsome.
He holds a degree in Computer Science and brings more than thirty years of managerial experience in Information Systems and complex infrastructure management. Throughout his career he has led multiple digital transformation programs across several industries and managed the lifecycle of enterprise‑scale software products. He has served as Global CIO for multinational companies in the fashion, packaging, and manufacturing sectors.
He maintains a deep and continuously updated understanding of application architectures, technology infrastructures, and the role of digital technologies in business and society. He is a member of several Italian and European professional communities dedicated to technological development and professional advancement. He has also advised a number of startups and is co‑founder of Fluida, which exited through acquisition by the Zucchetti Group.
About Cloudsome
Cloudsome is a Milan‑based technology company focused on software solutions for hybrid and multi‑cloud infrastructure governance. Its proprietary platform, CloudOS, introduces an AI‑native conversational layer that enables organizations to manage heterogeneous environments through objectives and policies, reducing operational complexity and configuration risk.
Founded in 2019, the company currently serves more than 20 enterprise customers running in production and generates over €450,000 in annual recurring revenue.