KushoAI
Category: AI Developer Tools
AI-native infrastructure for software maintenance — autonomous agents that live in CI/CD pipelines to handle testing, healing, and monitoring continuously. KushoAI was founded in 2023. The company is led by Abhishek Saikia. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India / San Francisco, California, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $600K. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include Antler India; Blume Founders Fund (Blume Ventures); UpSparks Capital; Mohit Kumar (angel); Vatsal Singhal (angel); Ashok Hariharan (angel).
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India / San Francisco, California, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $600K
Value proposition
KushoAI uses proprietary AI models combined with foundational LLMs to simulate an AI software developer that autonomously discovers bugs in code, generates test suites, and maintains them as code evolves — reducing QA time by 80% and achieving 93%+ test coverage.
Products and solutions
AI-native API Contract Testing; End-to-End Workflow Testing; Context-Aware Security Testing; UI Testing; Self-healing test infrastructure; Release Intelligence (AI-computed risk scoring); APIEval-20 open benchmark for AI API testing
Unique value
Domain-grounded AI trained on 1.4M+ real API test executions across 5,200+ organizations; self-maintaining tests that auto-update as APIs evolve; unified platform for backend + frontend testing; CI/CD native; SOC 2 and ISO compliant
Target customer
Engineering teams and QA teams at enterprises and high-growth technology companies; developers, QA engineers, engineering managers, and CTOs
Industries served
Financial Services; Logistics; E-commerce; HealthTech; Oil & Gas
Technology advantage
Proprietary ML models feeding into a chain-of-prompts system trained on real testing data (not generic LLMs); trained on 1.4M+ real API test executions; self-healing test infrastructure that detects contract drift and auto-updates tests; AI-computed release risk scoring
How they differentiate
Unlike traditional testing tools (Tricentis, SmartBear) that require manual test authoring, KushoAI is fully autonomous — it generates, runs, and maintains tests without human intervention. Unlike generic LLM copilots, KushoAI's AI is domain-grounded on real testing data (1.4M+ executions) and understands testing intent, generating executable tests (not snippets) with multi-step orchestration.
Main competitors
Tricentis; SmartBear; Functionize; Testsigma; QA.tech
Key partnerships
Antler India (lead investor); Blume Ventures (Blume Founders Fund); UpSparks Capital; nasscom GenAI Foundry Program
Notable customers
Accenture; Fidelity; Halliburton; ICICI Bank; BharatPe
Major milestones
Founded 2023 by Abhishek Saikia and Sourabh Gawande; Raised $600K pre-seed from Antler India (Feb 2024); Launched APIEval-20 open benchmark on HuggingFace (Apr 2026); Reached 30,000+ engineers across 6,000+ organizations; SOC 2 and ISO compliant
Growth metrics
7M+ test executions across customer base; 30,000+ engineers; 6,000+ organizations; 5,200+ teams; 50+ countries; 80% less QA time; 93%+ test coverage; <30 days payback period
Market positioning
Emerging leader in AI-native software testing and reliability, positioned as the "reliability layer for modern software" — competing with both legacy test automation platforms (Tricentis, SmartBear) and newer AI testing tools (Functionize, Testsigma)
Geographic focus
India (Bengaluru HQ) and US (San Francisco) — serving global enterprises with 30,000+ engineers across 6,000+ organizations in 50+ countries
About Abhishek Saikia
Ex-Flipkart; Ex-axio; MBA from BITS Pilani (PGP Co '19)
Official website: https://kusho.ai