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Middleware
YC W23San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 40 employees · Hiring · 16 known investors
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Middleware is a cloud observability platform that integrates logs, traces, and metrics to help organizations identify and resolve infrastructure issues rapidly. The platform serves cloud-native businesses seeking to modernize their infrastructure monitoring with scalable, cost-effective observability tools.
Also known as Middleware lab inc. · Middleware Lab, Inc. · Middleware Labs Inc · Middleware.io
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W23)
Middleware was founded in 2022 by Laduram Vishnoi.
Investors · 16
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$6.5M disclosed across 1 round · 2023
- $6.5MseedAug 2023 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Middleware offers a full-stack observability platform covering infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM) and real user monitoring (RUM). Signals collected across these layers are used to detect operational issues in customer environments.
The platform pairs detection with an AI SRE (site reliability engineering) agent, which is positioned to act on detected problems rather than only surface them, including assisting with remediation of issues occurring in production systems. The product is offered with a free entry point and public installation documentation for self-service onboarding.
Traction
A customer testimonial from Corgi's CEO states that Middleware reduced time spent debugging and resolving issues by nearly 90%.
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Market position
Positioned around an AI agent that extends beyond issue detection to help fix problems in live production environments, combined with coverage of infrastructure, APM and RUM in a single platform.
Technology
The platform ingests telemetry across infrastructure, application performance monitoring and real user monitoring layers, and applies an AI SRE agent that both detects issues and assists in resolving them, including in production environments.
Go-to-market
Self-service acquisition through the website, with a free tier ("Get Started Free") and public installation documentation, supported by customer testimonials.
Engineering and operations teams at organizations that need to monitor infrastructure and application stacks; a named user is the insurance technology company Corgi, which uses Middleware to monitor its full infrastructure and application stack.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Middleware do?
- Middleware is a full-stack observability platform that detects infrastructure and application issues and resolves them with an AI SRE agent.
- Who founded Middleware?
- Middleware was founded by Laduram Vishnoi in 2022.
- Who are Middleware's investors?
- Middleware's investors include Attack Capital, Beat Ventures, Begin Capital, Gaingels, Olive Tree Capital, TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital), Y Combinator, 8VC and 8 more.
- How much funding has Middleware raised?
- Middleware has disclosed $6.5M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Middleware headquartered?
- Middleware is headquartered in San Francisco, US.