Daybreak
Daybreak develops AI-powered supply chain planning software that automates routine decisions like demand forecasting and inventory management. The San Francisco-based company raised $112M in Series A funding in June 2025 and employs 172 people.
The growth story
Daybreak grew from 197 to 172 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $112M along the way, most recently a Series A in June 2025.
About
Daybreak's software uses AI to handle routine supply chain decisions like demand forecasting, inventory management, and replenishment, aiming to reduce excess inventory and improve service levels. The system operates within defined parameters, leaving human planners to handle exceptions.
The company raised $112M in Series A funding in June 2025 from investors including Dell Technologies Capital and TPG Growth. With 172 employees, Daybreak has built a team combining AI expertise with supply chain knowledge.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Daybreak's largest function, with 18 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting a relatively young organization with recent hires.
The Daybreak org chart
Tim Krug (Chief Executive Officer) leads 20 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 30 (-6% YoY), Sales 30 (+25% YoY), Administrative 21 (+62% YoY), Operations 20 (+54% YoY), Business Development 12 (+20% YoY), Information Technology 11 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Daybreak recruits heavily from supply chain software and technology companies, with Kinaxis, Oracle, and Intel each contributing 4 hires. Alumni frequently move to Walmart Global Tech India, Redica, and major cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft.
Most common previous employers of Daybreak staff: Kinaxis (4), Oracle (4), Intel (4), Genpact (3), Barkawi (3), Medallia (3). Former Daybreak employees most often moved to Walmart Global Tech India (7), Redica (5), Salesforce (3), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), Microsoft (3), SupplyWhy.ai (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Daybreak mafia
Daybreak alumni have founded 21 companies, including Solvd (565 staff), RevSure AI (79 staff), and Infer (YC S21, 32 staff).
21Michael Hulbert, was Global Head of Sales, Chief Customer Innovation Officer until 2023Deepinder Singh Dhingra, was Chief Product Officer until 2019Suneel Matham, was Associate Data Engineer until 2018Vivek Payasi, was Data Scientist until 2019Gaurav Palta, was Chief Customer Success Officer until 2024
Mike Askren, was SAE until 2024
Anil Kumar, was Chief Financial Officer until 2024
Jeffrey Alpert, was Vice President Of Product Management until 2024
Amit Saini, was VP - Enterprise AI Business Development until 2022
Brandon Krull, was Senior Full Stack Engineer, Data Engineer until 2019
Ripu Singla, was Director Data Science until 2019
Viviana Nieto Valencia, was Principal Consultant / Product Manager until 2021
Mahesh Bhatia, was Executive Director until 2019
Kumar Srivastava, was Vice President Of Engineering until 2021
Marco Diaz, was Senior Data Engineer until 2018
Elizabeth Brook Garrity, was Product Manager until 2019
Chris Cronin, was Product Manager until 2019
Rajkumar T., was Senior Software Engineer until 2018Web traffic
Traffic mix: 46% direct, 32% search, 12% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Daybreak: Leadership (23), SQL (22), Python (Programming Language) (22), Microsoft Excel (20), Microsoft Office (18), Data Analysis (18), Project Management (18), Teamwork (17).
Where the team actually sits
Daybreak people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (13), Arizona, United States (4), Texas, United States (3), Tennessee, United States (2).
Search footprint
Daybreak attracts about 38 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 8 ranking keywords and lost 7 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Daybreak has 172 employees as of September 2026.
Daybreak has raised $112M in total, most recently a Series A round in June 2025.
Daybreak was founded in 2024 by Michael Ciatto.
Tim Krug (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Daybreak's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Daybreak staff are Kinaxis (4 people), Oracle (4 people), Intel (4 people).
Former Daybreak employees most often move to Walmart Global Tech India (7), Redica (5), Salesforce (3).
At least 21 companies have a founder who previously worked at Daybreak, including Solvd, RevSure AI, Infer (YC S21).
Daybreak attracts about 38 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Daybreak staff are Leadership, SQL, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office.
Daybreak staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (13), Arizona, United States (4), Texas, United States (3).
Daybreak has about 30 people in Engineering, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Daybreak has about 30 people in Sales, up 25% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 50 current and 291 former Daybreak profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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