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Scuba

AcquiredYC W13

Mountain View, US · Founded 2013 · 51 employees · 10 known investors

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Behavure AI provides a behavioral intelligence platform for enterprises to monitor, explain, and control AI systems, agents, and LLMs in real time. The platform offers visibility into how AI systems make decisions across users, infrastructure, and data pipelines, addressing the AI black box problem through event-level intelligence and compliance governance.

Also known as Interana, Inc. · Scuba Analytics, Inc. · Interana

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W13)

Scuba was founded in 2013 by Ann Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Tony Ayaz, Chris Dolan, and Lior Abraham.

AJAnn Johnson
Ann JohnsonCo-founder · Member Board of DirectorsAnn Johnson is co-founder and former CEO of Scuba Analytics (formerly Interana), which provides event data analytics and behavioral intelligence platforms. She previously worked as a product manager and integration engineer at Intel and holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Caltech.
BJBobby Johnson
Bobby JohnsonCTO2012–2025
TATony Ayaz
Tony AyazCo-Founder (CEO)Tony Ayaz is co-founder and CEO of Scuba (formerly known as VoiceBrain), which builds operational intelligence platforms for enterprises. He previously held senior leadership roles at Splunk, Cisco, Zoomdata, Logi Analytics, BEA Systems, Oracle, Wily Technology, and CA, with experience in AI, data infrastructure, cybersecurity, and privacy-sensitive markets.
CDChris Dolan
Chris DolanCo-Founder (CTO)
LALior Abraham
Lior AbrahamFounder, Head of Product2013–2025Lior Abraham is founder and head of product at Scuba Analytics (formerly Scuba), a behavioral intelligence platform for AI monitoring and governance. He previously worked on large-scale data infrastructure and lived feed systems at Facebook.

Investors · 10

Funding

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The YC application· Winter 2013 batch

What they told YC

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.
The founders are building an analytics service with a web interface designed to answer large queries in seconds, positioned as a spreadsheet-like tool for very large datasets or a faster alternative to Hadoop for non-programmers.

Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.

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Legal entities · 2

corporate structure
Interana, Inc.
Scuba Analytics, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What does Scuba do?
Behavure AI provides a behavioral intelligence platform for enterprises to monitor, explain, and control AI systems, agents, and LLMs in real time. The platform offers visibility into how AI systems make decisions across users, infrastructure, and data pipelines, addressing the AI black box problem through event-level intelligence and compliance governance.
Who founded Scuba?
Scuba was founded by Ann Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Tony Ayaz, Chris Dolan, Lior Abraham in 2013.
Who are Scuba's investors?
Scuba's investors include Battery Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Y Combinator, Fuel Capital, Index Ventures, M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), SV Angel, Vertex Ventures and 2 more.
Where is Scuba headquartered?
Scuba is headquartered in Mountain View, US.