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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.

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