Cortex
The growth story
Cortex grew from 9 to 105 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $113M along the way, most recently a Series C in September 2024.
About
Cortex is the Engineering Operations Platform that runs mission control for the AI software factory. As the SDLC becomes more automated and engineers shift to designing and managing the systems that produce software, Cortex gives leaders the visibility, intelligence, and controls to keep teams shipping fast without runaway risk to reliability, security, and cost.Companies like Canva, Blackstone, and Grammarly rely on Cortex to deliver world class products to their customers.
Founders and leadership
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 31 (+7% YoY), Sales 15 (-32% YoY), Business Development 12 (-8% YoY), Customer Success and Support 11 (-8% YoY), Operations 10 (+43% YoY), Human Resources 4 (+33% YoY).
Talent flow
Most common previous employers of Cortex staff: Datadog (5), Salesforce (4), Google (4), Twilio (3), Grafana Labs (3), Oracle (3). Former Cortex employees most often moved to DX (3), Cadence (3), Inngest (3), LaunchDarkly (3), Luzern Risk (3), Attilio (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Cortex mafia
3Tyler Andrews, was GTM - Success until 2026Aditya Bansal, was Founding Engineer until 2026Jack Klingbiel, was Head of Sales Development until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 33% direct, 51% search, 4% social, 4% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Cortex: Public Speaking (34), JavaScript (34), Leadership (31), Java (31), Python (Programming Language) (31), Microsoft Excel (26), Management (25), Microsoft Office (24).
Where the team actually sits
Cortex people are concentrated in California, United States (10), Greater Boston (6), New York, United States (6), England, United Kingdom (5).
Search footprint
Cortex attracts about 9,181 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $49K a month if bought through ads. It gained 798 ranking keywords and lost 894 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Cortex has 105 employees as of September 2026.
Cortex has raised $113M in total, most recently a Series C round in September 2024.
Cortex was founded in 2019 by Nikhil Unni.
The most common previous employers of current Cortex staff are Datadog (5 people), Salesforce (4 people), Google (4 people).
Former Cortex employees most often move to DX (3), Cadence (3), Inngest (3).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Cortex, including ZonLabs Consulting, Fig AI, Fabricant GTM.
Cortex attracts about 9,181 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $49K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Cortex staff are Public Speaking, JavaScript, Leadership, Java, Python (Programming Language).
Cortex staff are concentrated in California, United States (10), Greater Boston (6), New York, United States (6).
Cortex has about 31 people in Engineering, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Cortex has about 15 people in Sales, down 32% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 77 current and 132 former Cortex profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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