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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.
Founders & leadership
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Manoj AcharyaFounder & CEO2020–2023He 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.
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Jia XuFounding Engineer2020–2023He 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.
Investors · 2
Andreessen Horowitzlisted by Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M
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Icon Ventureslisted by 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.