Fiddler AI
Category: AI Infrastructure
Fiddler AI provides an AI Observability and Control Plane platform for governing, monitoring, and securing enterprise AI agents and ML models. Fiddler AI was founded in 2018. The company is led by Krishna Gade. Based in Palo Alto, California, USA. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $100M. Latest round: Series C. Key investors include RPS Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Insight Partners, Capgemini.
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California, USA
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $100M
Value proposition
Fiddler gives enterprises visibility, control, and governance over AI systems (predictive and agentic) in production — continuous evaluation, observability, and policy enforcement to ensure trust, safety, and compliance.
Products and solutions
Fiddler Control Plane, Agentic Observability, Continuous Evaluations, Policy Enforcement/Guardrails, ML Observability, AI Governance, Risk & Compliance, Fiddler Centor Models.
Unique value
First unified Control Plane spanning the full agentic AI lifecycle — from evaluation and observability to real-time policy enforcement and governance — differentiated from point-solution observability tools.
Target customer
Enterprises in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, insurance, government/defense) deploying ML and agentic AI systems at scale.
Industries served
Financial Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Government/Defense, Enterprise SaaS
Technology advantage
Deep roots in ML explainability (founded on XAI research) extended to agentic AI observability; fast guardrails/policy enforcement engine; integrations across major AI infra stacks.
How they differentiate
Positions as the 'Control Plane for AI Agents' spanning evaluation, observability, and governance/policy enforcement in one platform, versus point observability tools from Arize/WhyLabs/Arthur.
Main competitors
Arize AI, Arthur AI, WhyLabs
Key partnerships
AWS SageMaker AI, Google Cloud (Vertex AI), NVIDIA (NIM and NeMo Guardrails), Databricks, Datadog, Capgemini
Notable customers
Nielsen, U.S. Navy, Integral Ad Science, Tide
Major milestones
Oct 2018: Founded / Seed ($3M), Sep 2019: Series A ($10.2M; ~$14.2M seed+A combined), Jun 2021: Series B ($32M) led by Insight Partners, Dec 2024: Series B extension ($18.6M, total Series B $50M), Jan 2026: Series C ($30M) led by RPS Ventures, total funding $100M, CB Insights AI 100 (2025); #1 AI Agent Security & Risk Management (CB Insights), Forrester Agentic Control Plane Solutions Landscape; Gartner Market Guide
Growth metrics
Trusted by Fortune 500 companies; named CB Insights AI 100 (2025); customers include Nielsen, U.S. Navy, Integral Ad Science.
Market positioning
Enterprise-grade, compliance-focused AI governance and observability leader recognized by Forrester, Gartner, CB Insights AI 100 (2025), and used by government/defense (U.S. Navy) and Fortune 500 companies.
Geographic focus
Primarily US enterprise market, expanding into regulated global industries.
About Krishna Gade
Ex-Facebook (News Feed Ranking), Ex-Twitter, Ex-Pinterest, Ex-Microsoft; University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Latest news about Fiddler AI
- Fiddler AI raised 30 million dollars in Series C funding led by RPS Ventures, totaling 100 million dollars in capital. The investment scales a neutral control plane for compound AI and autonomous agen
- Fiddler AI raised 30M dollars in Series C funding to launch the industry first Control Plane for autonomous agents, bringing its total capital to 100M dollars. This addresses a critical governance gap
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Official website: https://www.fiddler.ai