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Spur

YC S24

New York City, US · Founded 2024 · 8 employees · Hiring · 10 known investors

Spur provides an AI-powered autonomous testing platform that automatically plans, executes, and reports software tests across web and mobile applications. The platform uses natural language instructions to enable non-technical team members to create and maintain test coverage for functional, UI/UX, localization, and exploratory testing scenarios.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareB2BAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S24)

Spur was founded in 2024 by Sneha Sivakumar and Anushka Nijhawan.

SSSneha Sivakumar
Sneha Sivakumarin𝕏Founder & CEOShe previously worked as a growth engineer at Figma and Snap.
ANAnushka Nijhawan
Anushka NijhawaninCo-Founder, CTOAnushka Nijhawan is co-founder and CTO at Spur, with prior experience at DeepMind and Meta, and studied computer science at Yale.

Investors · 10

Predictive VCNew York
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Convictionreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $1M – $25M
First Round CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $7M
Insight PartnersreportedNew York · $120M – $350M
Neoreported
Pear VCreported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco · $150K – $4M
Predictive Venture Partnersreported · 2 sourcesNew York

Also in the syndicate · 2

First RoundLiquid2Ventures

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$4.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025

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

The YC application· Summer 2024 batch

▶ Demo Day video — watch on YC ↗

Alumni Q&A

How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
The two founders, Anushka and Sneha, met during their freshman year at Yale and conducted research on web agents at the Yale NLP Lab. Sneha previously worked in growth at Figma, and Anushka worked on code generation at DeepMind. The idea grew out of their own experience neglecting testing on past projects.

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

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Competitors · 2

by search overlap
testRigor11 shared keywordstestRigor provides AI-driven functional test automation for software development teams. The platform enables companies to achieve high test automation coverage with minimal maintenance effort, targeting fast-moving startups and development teams.
Momentic10 shared keywordsMomentic builds an AI-powered end-to-end testing platform that automatically writes, runs, and maintains tests for web and mobile applications. The platform serves engineering teams building software faster with AI, helping them catch bugs in production without managing complex test scripts.

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

In the news

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insighttechcrunch.com · Jul 2026Record IPOs Spur Best Wall Street Share Sale Revenue Since 2021bloomberg.com · Jul 2026Spur Raises $4.5M in Fundingfinsmes.com · Apr 2025Spur raise $4.5 million from various investors to build out agentic AI solution for online retailers — Retail Technology Innovation Hubretailtechinnovationhub.com · Apr 2025Spur Raises $4.5M from First Round, Pear VC, Neo, Conviction and Others to Build Out its Quality Analysis AI Agentfinance.yahoo.com · Apr 2025YC Alumni Spur Just Raised $4.5M for Their AI Agent Qa Startup - Business Insiderbusinessinsider.com · Apr 2025Y Combinator | Yale grads Sneha and Anushka begins tech startupglobalindian.com · Sep 2024With launch of tech company Spur, recent grads discuss the hectic, exciting startup life | Yale School of Engineering & Applied Scienceseas.yale.edu · Sep 2024

Frequently asked questions

What does Spur do?
Spur provides an AI-powered autonomous testing platform that automatically plans, executes, and reports software tests across web and mobile applications. The platform uses natural language instructions to enable non-technical team members to create and maintain test coverage for functional, UI/UX, localization, and exploratory testing scenarios.
Who founded Spur?
Spur was founded by Sneha Sivakumar, Anushka Nijhawan in 2024.
Who are Spur's investors?
Spur's investors include Predictive VC, Y Combinator, Conviction, First Round Capital, Insight Partners, Neo, Pear VC, Predictive Venture Partners.
How much funding has Spur raised?
Spur has disclosed $4.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Spur headquartered?
Spur is headquartered in New York City, US.