Selector
Category: AI Infrastructure
AI-powered network observability and intelligence platform that unifies data, correlation, and automation to help enterprises detect, diagnose, and resolve infrastructure issues. Selector was founded in 2019. The company is led by Kannan Kothandaraman. Based in Santa Clara, California, United States. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $98M. Latest round: Venture Round. Key investors include AVP (Atlantic Vantage Point), Ansa Capital, Two Bear Capital, SineWave Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, Singtel Innov8, Comcast Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, AT&T, Bell, Hyperlink Ventures.
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California, United States
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $98M
Value proposition
Reduce MTTR by 85%, 95% noise reduction, 10x faster root cause analysis, 70% fewer incidents through AI-native observability that unifies logs, metrics, configs, and topology into a single intelligence layer
Products and solutions
Selector AI Platform (AI-native observability platform), AI Correlation & RCA, Operational Digital Twin, Network LLM & Copilot, Full-stack observability (L1-L7), Selector MCP (Model Context Protocol), Multi-cloud observability solution
Unique value
Patented AI correlation engine combining LLMs, knowledge graphs, and causal reasoning to provide instant root cause analysis across all domains — network, infrastructure, and applications — with natural language interaction via Copilot
Target customer
Fortune 1000 enterprises, telecommunications providers, financial services, healthcare, retail, and large-scale data center operators
Industries served
Telecommunications, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Cloud Service Providers
Technology advantage
Multi-layer AI combining LLMs, knowledge graphs, and causal reasoning; Operational Digital Twin for what-if simulation; 300+ data source integrations; eight foundational U.S. patents (causal inference, LLM training, AI correlation, predictive maintenance, network path intelligence); Gartner Cool Vendor 2023; Representative Vendor in 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Event Intelligence Solutions
How they differentiate
Unlike fragmented legacy monitoring tools, Selector provides a unified AI-native platform with a digital twin, natural language copilot, patented AI correlation, and zero-tuning anomaly detection — all in a single pane of glass across L1-L7
Main competitors
Dynatrace, New Relic, Cisco ThousandEyes, Splunk (now part of Cisco), Datadog, ServiceNow, Kentik, ExtraHop
Key partnerships
WWT (Certified), Google Cloud Network observability partner ecosystem, Gartner Cool Vendor 2023; Representative Vendor in 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Event Intelligence Solutions, 300+ data source integrations
Notable customers
Fortune 20 companies (manufacturing, healthcare), Comcast, TracFone, Bell, Lumen, Fiserv, Singtel, NBC, Fortune 1000 organizations (~80% of customer base)
Major milestones
Founded 2019 by ex-Juniper Networks executives, 2022: $28M Series A, 2023: Named Gartner Cool Vendor, 2024: $33M Series B with AT&T, Bell, Singtel, 2025: 130% ARR growth, 80% Fortune 1000 customers, Feb 2026: $32M funding at $375M valuation
Growth metrics
$9.7M ARR (2024, prior figure); cumulative ARR reached 230% of 2024 levels (~130% growth) and new ARR booked 370% of 2024 (per Feb 2026 PR); ~161 LinkedIn-listed employees / company size 51-200; ~80% Fortune 1000 customers; $375M valuation (Feb 2026)
Market positioning
AI-native network observability leader targeting the shift from fragmented monitoring tools to unified intelligence platforms, with strong Fortune 1000 adoption and 130%+ ARR growth
Geographic focus
North America (headquarters in Santa Clara, CA); expanding to Canada, Europe, Singapore, India, Japan
Patents and IP
Eight foundational U.S. patents granted (Jan 20, 2026) covering causal inference, LLM training, AI-powered correlation, predictive maintenance, network path intelligence, optical transceiver failure prediction, and related AIOps innovations (USPTO)
About Kannan Kothandaraman
Ex-Juniper Networks (Senior Director, Senior Software Engineer); Ex-Cisco Systems (Software Engineer). Texas A&M University.
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Official website: https://www.selector.ai/