Respan
YC W24San Francisco, US · Founded 2023 · 23 employees · Hiring · 3 known investors
Respan provides infrastructure for teams to trace, evaluate, and monitor AI agent workflows in production at scale. The platform helps developers and enterprise teams operate large language model applications reliably through observability and quality improvement tools.
Also known as Keywords AI
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAIOpsMonitoringAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W24)
Respan was founded in 2023 by Andy Li, Raymond Huang, and Hendrix.
AL
RH
Raymond Huangin𝕏Co-FounderRaymond Huang is CTO at Respan, a developer platform for agent observability and evaluations.
Investors · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2026
- Undisclosed amountseed roundMar 2026
Gradient Ventures (lead)
Source ↗ - $5MraisedMar 2026 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
The YC application· Winter 2024 batch
Images
Competitors · 7
by search overlap
DataCamp187 shared keywordsDataCamp is a learning platform for teams that teaches data and AI skills through hands-on coursework accessible via web browser and mobile app. It serves enterprise customers and development teams seeking to build technical capabilities.
OpenAI135 shared keywordsOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
Morph104 shared keywordsMorph provides optimized inference infrastructure for code generation models, enabling fast deployment of open-source models like DeepSeek and Qwen with support for specialized tasks including code editing, search, and compression.
Netezza96 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.
Hugging Face90 shared keywordsHugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications. It offers both open-source tools for the ML community and paid compute and enterprise solutions for teams building AI applications.
Augment Code88 shared keywordsCosmos is a unified AI agents platform that enables enterprise development teams to automate software development workflows at scale, improving engineering throughput and reducing time-to-merge through intelligent agent coordination and codebase understanding.
OpenRouter86 shared keywordsOpenRouter operates an AI gateway that allows developers to access and compare hundreds of language models from multiple providers in a single platform. The service eliminates vendor lock-in while offering improved pricing, uptime, and reliability for companies and developers.
Companies competing with Respan for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
Frequently asked questions
- What does Respan do?
- Respan provides infrastructure for teams to trace, evaluate, and monitor AI agent workflows in production at scale. The platform helps developers and enterprise teams operate large language model applications reliably through observability and quality improvement tools.
- Who founded Respan?
- Respan was founded by Andy Li, Raymond Huang, Hendrix in 2023.
- Who are Respan's investors?
- Respan's investors include Antigravity Capital, Y Combinator, Gradient Ventures.
- How much funding has Respan raised?
- Respan has disclosed $5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Respan headquartered?
- Respan is headquartered in San Francisco, US.