Raindrop
Category: AI Infrastructure
Monitor your AI app the right way. AI engineers use Raindrop to get alerts about hidden issues in their AI products. Raindrop was founded in 2023. The company is led by Zubin Koticha. Based in San Francisco, USA. Team size: 6. Total funding raised: $15M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Figma Ventures, Vercel Ventures, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad (Replit CEO), Koen Bok (Figma CEO), Michele Catasta, Walden Yan, Andrew Hsu, Akshay Kothari.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Team size
- 6
- Total funding
- $15M
Value proposition
Raindrop provides a monitoring solution specifically designed for AI agents to detect 'silent failures' that traditional monitoring tools miss, allowing developers to get alerts on issues, understand the root cause, and ensure the quality of their AI agents.
Products and solutions
AI Monitoring Platform, Deep Search for AI issues, Experiments for AI agents, Real-time Slack alerts, Issue detection and classification
Unique value
Positions itself as 'Sentry for AI Agents' with specialized focus on monitoring the non-deterministic nature of AI applications that often fail silently without throwing traditional errors
Target customer
AI engineers and developers building AI-powered applications and agents
Industries served
Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Enterprise AI
Technology advantage
Purpose-built AI observability platform with breakthrough 'Deep Search' technology using bespoke few-shot classification system to measure issue frequency without extensive manual labeling, and 'Experiments' tool for A/B testing AI agents
How they differentiate
Specialized focus on AI agent monitoring with ability to detect silent failures unique to AI systems, natural language issue tracking, and production-ready evaluation tools
Main competitors
Sentry, Traditional APM tools, Other AI observability platforms
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (Accelerator), Google AI for Developers showcase, Integration with major AI platforms
Notable customers
Replit, Speak, Clay, Framer, Tolan, Avoca, AngelList, Howie, Spiral, Quadratic, Websim, type.ai, Merlin, Unstuck
Major milestones
Raised $15M seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners in December 2025, Graduated from Y Combinator Winter 2024 batch, Launched Deep Search technology, Achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, Featured in Google AI for Developers showcase
Growth metrics
Trusted by major AI companies including Replit, Speak, Clay, Framer, Portola, Avoca, and AngelList. Featured in Google AI for Developers showcase.
Market positioning
Leading position in the emerging AI observability market, backed by top-tier investors and used by major AI companies
Geographic focus
Primarily North America, with global enterprise customers
Patents and IP
Not publicly available
About Zubin Koticha
Previously co-founder & CEO of Opyn (acquired by Coinbase), the first and largest DeFi options platform with $15+ billion volume. UC Berkeley.
Official website: https://www.raindrop.ai/