Selector AI
Santa Clara, US · Founded 2019 · 165 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors
Selector builds an AI-driven observability platform that helps operations teams understand and manage complex infrastructure through natural language interaction and contextual intelligence. The platform serves network and infrastructure teams by reducing complexity and automating decision-making across systems.
Founders & leadership
Selector AI was founded in 2019 by Kannan Kothandaraman and Nitin Kumar.
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Kannan KothandaramanFounder
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Nitin KumarFounder
Investors · 11
Ansa CapitalNew York · $5M – $15M
Atlantic Bridge VenturesDublin · $1M – $5M
Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M
SINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M
Two Bear CapitalWhitefish · $3M – $10M
Bell VenturesreportedVerdun
SingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd.reportedSingapore · $4M – $80M
Also in the syndicate · 4
AT&T VenturesAtlantic BridgeAVPleadHyperlink Ventures
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$32M disclosed across 1 of 4 rounds · 2024–2026
- $32MraisedFeb 2026 · 2 sources
AVP (lead), Ansa Capital, Sinewave Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Two Bear Capital
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries BJan 2025
Ansa Capital (lead), AT&T Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, Bell Ventures, Hyperlink Ventures, Sinewave Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Two Bear Capital
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries BNov 2024Source ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 6
by search overlap
Netezza611 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.
ArrowPoint449 shared keywordsCisco provides networking, data center, and security technology for enterprises, including infrastructure to run traditional and AI workloads and tools to keep organizations running against cyberattacks and outages. Its platform connects networking devices and monitors security events across corporate networks.
Auvik Networks344 shared keywordsAuvik is a cloud-based AI-powered IT operations platform that helps managed service providers and IT departments monitor and manage networks, SaaS applications, and endpoints. The platform serves IT teams and organizations managing distributed work environments.
Splunk315 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.
VividCortex247 shared keywordsSolarWinds offers an AI-powered IT operations platform for enterprise IT teams, providing monitoring, observability, incident response, IT service management, and database performance across hybrid IT environments. Its tools help organizations detect issues, reduce downtime, and meet service level agreements.
Cato Networks240 shared keywordsCato Networks provides a cloud-native SASE platform that converges networking, zero-trust security, and access into a single global service for enterprises. Its offering covers next-gen networking (SD-WAN), Security Service Edge (SSE), Universal ZTNA, and AI security for governing AI usage and agents.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Selector AI do?
- Selector builds an AI-driven observability platform that helps operations teams understand and manage complex infrastructure through natural language interaction and contextual intelligence. The platform serves network and infrastructure teams by reducing complexity and automating decision-making across systems.
- Who founded Selector AI?
- Selector AI was founded by Kannan Kothandaraman, Nitin Kumar in 2019.
- Who are Selector AI's investors?
- Selector AI's investors include Ansa Capital, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Comcast Ventures, SINEWAVE VENTURES, Two Bear Capital, Bell Ventures, SingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd..
- How much funding has Selector AI raised?
- Selector AI has disclosed $32M raised across 1 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is Selector AI headquartered?
- Selector AI is headquartered in Santa Clara, US.