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Komodor

Tel Aviv, IL · Founded 2020 · 129 employees on LinkedIn · 13 known investors

Komodor is an autonomous AI SRE platform that provides visualization, troubleshooting, and optimization for Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure. It serves enterprises managing containerized applications at scale with AI-driven issue detection, remediation, and cost reduction capabilities.

Also known as Komodor Ltd.

Founders & leadership

Komodor was founded in 2020 by Itiel Shwartz and Ben Ofiri.

ISItiel Shwartz
Itiel ShwartzinCo-Founder & CEO
BOBen Ofiri
Ben OfiriinCo-Founder & CEO

Investors · 13

Also in the syndicate · 2

First and Vine VenturesOldSlip Group

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Komodor sells an "autonomous AI SRE" platform for cloud-native and Kubernetes infrastructure. The product covers detection, investigation, remediation, validation and prevention of production issues, plus reliability management (SLO/SLA adherence, policy compliance, drift detection, misconfiguration detection) and cloud cost optimization (workload rightsizing, predictive pod placement, cost allocation visibility). The company states the platform resolves issues with 97%+ accuracy, can reduce MTTR by up to 80%, and can cut cloud spend by up to 80% [0][3].

The platform's AI layer is branded Klaudia, described as agentic AI comprising 75+ specialized workflow and domain agents that operate continuously to perform root cause analysis, automated remediation and proactive optimization. Komodor says it provides contextual understanding of workloads, native Kubernetes resources and add-ons such as service meshes and autoscalers, and integrates with GitOps workflows so fixes can be applied as pull requests or tickets. It also augments existing autoscalers such as Karpenter and Cluster Autoscaler [3].

Enterprise controls include SOC 2 Type II certification, GDPR and HIPAA compliance claims, RBAC, SSO/SAML, just-in-time access, audit trails and SIEM integration; the company states the platform is built on AWS Bedrock and that customer data is not used for model training [0][4]. Komodor supports public cloud, private cloud, on-prem and edge Kubernetes installations and any Kubernetes flavor or version [4].

Founding story

Co-founders Ben Ofiri and Itiel Shwartz worked on large-scale distributed systems at Google and eBay, where internal tooling existed to manage Kubernetes complexity that smaller organizations lacked. They left those roles in 2020 to build a Kubernetes troubleshooting platform intended to democratize operational and troubleshooting knowledge held by a small minority of engineers within an organization [6].

Business model

B2B SaaS sold to enterprises, with a self-service free trial (14 days) and sales-led enterprise motion. Two packaged tiers are offered: Teams (up to 50 nodes, 25 users, 9-to-5 SLA) and Enterprise (custom node counts, unlimited users, 24x7 SLA, SSO, dedicated customer success, cost optimization modules) [4].

Subscription pricing calculated on the average number of nodes in a customer's clusters per annum; both tiers are custom-priced with sales contact required [4].

Traction

The about page cites growth in ARR and a 4.4 Glassdoor rating (numeric values partially rendered as placeholders on the page) and says hundreds of customers use the platform. Customer-reported outcomes include over 80% MTTR reduction and ~40% ticket reduction (Cisco), 36% hard cost savings (Dell), and over 60% MTTR reduction (Visier). One customer environment is described as exceeding 1,000 nodes and 20,000 pods [0][2]. In May 2022 the company reported 45 employees and a full production product for about a year [6].

Latest developments

Komodor's current positioning centers on Klaudia agentic AI with 75+ agents, autonomous remediation, predictive cloud waste prevention and pod placement, and enterprise security certifications (SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/HIPAA, AWS Bedrock deployment). The company is promoting a free virtual AI SRE Summit 2026 on May 12, and its CEO publishes regularly through the Forbes Technology Council on AI SRE and Kubernetes cost management topics [0][3][5].

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Positions itself as purpose-built for Kubernetes management in contrast with traditional APM tools, and claims to be the leading autonomous AI SRE platform for cloud-native applications, deployed in multiple Fortune 500 enterprises [2][3].

Claims to be the only platform providing contextual understanding of everything running across clusters, including add-ons such as service meshes and autoscalers, and combines troubleshooting/remediation with reliability governance and cloud cost optimization in one platform. Emphasizes five years of accumulated SRE expertise and millions of resolved incidents as the basis of its models [0][3].

Technology

Agentic AI system named Klaudia, composed of 75+ specialized workflow and domain agents running a continuous detect-investigate-remediate-validate-learn-optimize-prevent loop, with indexed memory from prior investigations. Earlier generations of the product used data-driven approaches combined with a rule-engine model to identify issues and automate investigation. The platform collects only metadata about changes rather than underlying data, blocks out secrets, and its agent does not transfer PII. It is built on AWS Bedrock [0][3][4][6].

Go-to-market

Combination of product-led entry (free trial and sign-up at app.komodor.com, "value out of the box in minutes") and enterprise sales (book a demo, contact sales, dedicated customer success for Enterprise). Marketing includes published customer case studies (Cowbell, Digibee, Visier, Nelnet), G2 reviews, a virtual AI SRE Summit event, and thought-leadership publishing by the CEO through the Forbes Technology Council [0][2][4][5].

Enterprises running containerized applications and Kubernetes at scale, including Fortune 500 companies in financial services, healthcare and retail; buyers are platform engineering, SRE, DevOps and cloud operations teams. Named or referenced customers include Cisco, Dell Technologies, Nebius, Digibee, Lusha, Priceline, Smarsh, Balyasny Asset Management, Cowbell, Visier and Nelnet [0][2][3].

Geography

The CEO is based in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and TechCrunch categorizes Komodor as an Israeli startup; investors are described as coming from the US and EMEA [2][5][6].

History

Founded in 2020 by Ben Ofiri and Itiel Shwartz, who previously worked at Google and eBay. A first version of the product reached beta customers roughly six months after launch, and a full production solution had been running for about a year by May 2022, when the company announced a $42M Series B led by Tiger Global bringing total funding to $67M. By the time of the current about page, total venture funding was stated at $90M and the product had evolved into an agentic AI SRE platform branded Klaudia [2][6].

Risks & controversies

No controversies are documented in the sources. Performance and savings figures (97%+ accuracy, up to 80% MTTR reduction, up to 80% cloud spend reduction) are vendor-stated and not independently verified in the material provided; several quantitative figures on the about page and homepage render as placeholder values.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
EmployeesMay 202245 people
Glassdoor ratingJan 20264.4 stars
HeadcountAug 2026129
Klaudia agent countJan 202675 agents
Total funding raisedJan 2026$90M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 5

by search overlap
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Plural532 shared keywordsPlural is a developer-focused company building around Kubernetes and related technologies (Elixir, Go, React) to enable collaboration among developers. It positions itself as a platform for a developer community to collaborate, learn, and work on complex projects.
Netezza471 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Qiita301 shared keywordsQiita is a knowledge-sharing platform where engineers post, share, and edit technical articles, and follow users and tags. It serves software engineers and developers, primarily in Japan, as a community content and knowledge-sharing service.

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Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
May 2026
AI SRE Summit 2026 virtual event announced

Komodor is hosting a free online AI SRE Summit on May 12, 2026 with 8+ sessions and 10+ speakers.

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Jan 2026
SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR/HIPAA compliance stated

Komodor states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR and HIPAA compliant, with RBAC, SSO/SAML, just-in-time access, full audit trail and SIEM integration.

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May 2022
Komodor raises $42M Series B led by Tiger Global

Series B of $42 million led by Tiger Global with participation from Felicis and existing investors Accel, NFX Capital, OldSlip Group, Pitango and First and Vine Ventures, bringing total funding to $67 million.

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Jan 2020
Company launched and first product version delivered to beta customers

Komodor was launched in 2020 by Ben Ofiri and Itiel Shwartz; a first draft of the Kubernetes troubleshooting solution reached beta customers about six months later, with a full production solution running for roughly a year prior to May 2022.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Komodor do?
Komodor is an autonomous AI SRE platform for troubleshooting, reliability and cost optimization of Kubernetes environments.
Who founded Komodor?
Komodor was founded by Itiel Shwartz, Ben Ofiri in 2020.
Who are Komodor's investors?
Komodor's investors include Accel, NFX, Pitango, Tiger Global Management, Cisco Investments, Felicis Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, Maor Investments and 3 more.
Where is Komodor headquartered?
Komodor is headquartered in Tel Aviv, IL.