Fiddler AI
Palo Alto, US · Founded 2018 · 116 employees on LinkedIn · 35 known investors
Fiddler AI provides an AI observability and control platform offering experiments, monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems. It targets enterprise teams deploying AI, with inline enforcement on an agent's request and response path.
Founders & leadership
Fiddler AI was founded in 2018 by Krishna Gade.
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Krishna GadeinFounder & CEOKrishna Gade is Founder and CEO of Fiddler AI, which offers a control plane for enterprises to monitor, evaluate, guardrail, and govern AI agents and models. He previously led engineering teams at Meta, Pinterest, X, and Microsoft.
Investors · 35
Angel Collective Opportunity FundSan Francisco
aVentureSan Francisco
Benhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M
Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose
Dentsu VenturesTokyo
E12 Venture Capital, LlcLos Altos
In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M
Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M
IsaiParis · $108K – $54M
ISAI Gestion
LG Technology VenturesSanta Clara
Mozilla Ventures
Prime PartnersTokyo
RPS VenturesLos Altos · $5M – $20M
Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto
Alexa Fundreported
Alpha Square Groupreported · 2 sourcesNew York
BGVreportedSilicon Valley
Bloomberg BetareportedSan Francisco · $25K – $1M
Capgemini Venturesreported$1M – $5M
Dallas Venture Capitalreported · 2 sourcesDallas
Essence Venture CapitalreportedSeattle · $10K – $10Mvia Timothy Chen · inferred
LDV PartnersreportedPalo Alto
Lightspeed Venture Partnersreported · 2 sourcesMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M
Lockheed Martin VenturesreportedBethesda
Lux Capitalreported · 2 sourcesNew York · $100K – $100M
Also in the syndicate · 8
Capgemini's ISAI Cap VenturesDallas VCDentsuE12 VenturesEssence FundISAI Cap VenturesLG VenturesLightspeed Ventures
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$30M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025–2026
- $30MSeries CJan 2026 · 3 sources
RPS Ventures (lead), Benhamou Global Ventures, BGV, Capgemini Ventures, Dallas VC, Dallas Venture Capital, Dentsu Ventures, E12 Ventures, Insight Partners, ISAI Cap Ventures, LDV Partners, LG Technology Ventures, LG Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Lux Capital, Mozilla Ventures
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries BJan 2025
Alpha Square Group, Capgemini's ISAI Cap Ventures, Cisco Investments, Dallas Venture Capital, Dentsu, Essence Fund, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Samsung Next
Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Fiddler AI do?
- Fiddler AI provides an AI observability and control platform offering experiments, monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems. It targets enterprise teams deploying AI, with inline enforcement on an agent's request and response path.
- Who founded Fiddler AI?
- Fiddler AI was founded by Krishna Gade in 2018.
- Who are Fiddler AI's investors?
- Fiddler AI's investors include Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, aVenture, Benhamou Global Ventures, Cisco Investments, Dentsu Ventures, E12 Venture Capital, Llc, In-Q-Tel, Insight Partners and 19 more.
- How much funding has Fiddler AI raised?
- Fiddler AI has disclosed $30M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Fiddler AI headquartered?
- Fiddler AI is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.