Asserts was founded by Manoj Acharya.

Who are Asserts's investors?

Asserts's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Icon Ventures.

Asserts

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Asserts provides monitoring and observability software for distributed cloud applications, enabling engineering teams to define runtime assertions and manage monitoring as code rather than through disjointed dashboards and alerts.

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Founders & leadership

Manoj AcharyainFounder and CEOHe founded Asserts.ai in 2020 and later served as VP of Engineering at Grafana Labs following its acquisition. Earlier, he spent a decade at AppDynamics as a founding engineer, then Sr. Director and VP of Engineering, and Entrepreneur-in-Residence on its Commercialization & Growth team, after architect roles at Citi and Tavant Technologies.

Alex RamosinFounding Engineer

Jia XuinFounding EngineerHe was a founding engineer at Asserts.ai and continued as a Principal Engineer at Grafana Labs. His earlier work includes principal engineering roles at Cisco and AppDynamics, along with software engineering positions at Tealeaf Technology (IBM) and MicroStrategy.

Jim GehrettinFounding Engineer

Nandakumar DeviinFounding Engineer

Radhakrishnan JankiramaninFounding Engineer

Investors · 2

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M

Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M

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Frequently asked questions

What does Asserts do?: Asserts provides monitoring and observability software for distributed cloud applications, enabling engineering teams to define runtime assertions and manage monitoring as code rather than through disjointed dashboards and alerts.
Who founded Asserts?: Asserts was founded by Manoj Acharya.
Who are Asserts's investors?: Asserts's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Icon Ventures.