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Middleware

YC W23

San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 40 employees · Hiring · 12 known investors

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 Labs Inc · Middleware.io

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAIOpsAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W23)

Middleware was founded in 2022 by Laduram Vishnoi.

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Laduram Vishnoiin𝕏Founder & CEOVishnoi previously founded Acquire.io, a customer engagement platform that grew to 200 employees and raised $57M in venture funding through Series B. He is now CEO of Middleware and works as an angel investor and advisor.

Investors · 12

Beat VenturesSan Francisco
Begin CapitalLondon · $500K – $8M
Olive Tree CapitalBoston
TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2Mvia Fred Campbell · inferred
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Blockchain Founders FundreportedSingapore
Fin CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $15M
Further VenturesreportedAbu Dhabi
XBTOreportedPembroke

Also in the syndicate · 3

Fun Fair VenturesHumla VenturesVirtu

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$6.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2023–2025

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Middleware 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%.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

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.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 202651
Reduction in time spent debugging and resolving issues (customer-reported, CorgiJan 202590%

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

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Netezza1909 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.
Last91489 shared keywordsLast9 is an observability platform that ingests metrics, logs, traces, and profiles and correlates them into unified dashboards, alerts, and AI agents for engineering teams. It supports high-cardinality telemetry data, OpenTelemetry-native integrations, and AI co-pilots (via Claude, Cursor, or Slack) to help teams triage and remediate issues while controlling costs.
Better Stack1452 shared keywordsBetter Stack is an observability and monitoring platform offering log management, metrics, incident alerting, and status pages for engineering teams, positioned as a cheaper alternative to Datadog. It targets software teams ranging from indie hackers to publicly traded companies.
SigNoz1440 shared keywordsSigNoz provides observability and monitoring tools that help DevOps engineers and developers reduce noise and extract actionable signals from their systems. The platform serves engineering teams working with microservices and distributed systems.
Datadog1404 shared keywordsDatadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises. The platform serves development, security, and operations teams managing cloud-native and hybrid environments.
Splunk1109 shared keywordsSplunk offers a unified platform for security and observability that ingests and analyzes large-scale data across hybrid cloud environments. Its tools support security operations centers with analytics and automated response, and help teams monitor application and infrastructure performance.
LogicMonitor990 shared keywordsLogicMonitor is a software company that provides infrastructure monitoring services relying on data centers for its cloud-based platform. The company is committed to sustainability through partnerships with environmentally responsible data center operators and internal green initiatives.
Dash0980 shared keywordsDash0 offers an observability platform that ingests telemetry data such as logs, spans, and metric data points, with usage-based pricing tied to the volume of telemetry sent rather than bytes, users, or ingestion. It is aimed at engineering and DevOps teams monitoring their systems.
New Relic963 shared keywordsNew Relic provides a full-stack observability platform that allows engineering teams to monitor and troubleshoot software systems across their entire stack. The platform serves development and operations teams who need unified data access to plan, build, deploy, and run software applications.
Dynatrace877 shared keywordsDynatrace provides an observability and security platform that uses AI to monitor applications, infrastructure, logs, and digital experience while automating workflows and detecting threats. It serves large enterprises across IT operations, application security, and software delivery.

Companies competing with Middleware for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

BridgePort Raises $3.2M to Scale its Middleware for Off-Exchange Settlementprnewswire.com · Jul 2025Ops AI by Middlewareycombinator.com · Jun 2025Middleware: Cloud Observability Company Raises $6.5 Millionpulse2.com · Aug 2023Middleware raises $6.5M seed funding to simplify cloud observabilityprnewswire.com · Aug 2023Middleware Raises $6.5M in Seed Fundingfinsmes.com · Aug 2023Middleware raises $6.5M in seed funding to transform cloud observability with AI | VentureBeatventurebeat.com · Aug 2023How observability has changed in recent years, and what's coming next | VentureBeatventurebeat.com · Apr 2023Middleware Launches AI-powered observability platform for cloud native.prnewswire.com · Feb 2023

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

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

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 Beat Ventures, Begin Capital, Olive Tree Capital, TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital), Y Combinator, Blockchain Founders Fund, Fin Capital, Further Ventures and 1 more.
How much funding has Middleware raised?
Middleware has disclosed $6.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Middleware headquartered?
Middleware is headquartered in San Francisco, US.