Fiddler AI
Fiddler AI provides monitoring and governance tools for enterprise AI systems, with Fortune 100 customers. The 118-person company has raised $94M, including a Series C in early 2026.
The growth story
Fiddler AI grew from 60 to 118 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $94M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2026.
About
Fiddler sells software that helps large companies track and control their AI deployments. Its platform monitors model performance, enforces policies, and provides audit trails, with a focus on reducing costs compared to external LLM services.
The company serves Fortune 100 clients and has raised $94M. Its Series C suggests continued growth despite no recent headcount change data being available.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up 30% of staff (35 people). The median tenure is 2 years, indicating moderate turnover.
The Fiddler AI org chart
Krishna Gade (Founder & CEO) leads 26 mapped leaders with 3 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 48 (+14% YoY), Business Development 15 (-25% YoY), Sales 10 (+100% YoY), Entrepreneurship 7 (+40% YoY), Information Technology 6 (+50% YoY), Marketing 6 (+20% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees come primarily from IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft. Alumni frequently move to AWS, NVIDIA, and Databricks.
Most common previous employers of Fiddler AI staff: IBM (5), Amazon (4), Microsoft (4), Google (4), Deloitte (4), Rev Intelligence (4). Former Fiddler AI employees most often moved to Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), NVIDIA (3), Aurasell AI (2), Microsoft (2), Databricks (2), Oracle (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Fiddler AI mafia
10 alumni founded companies, including Eve (350 staff) and Complex AI Institute (179 staff).
10Jayanth M., was Director Board Of Directors until 2020Shekhar Bapat, was VP Product Management until 2025Morris Hsu, was Machine Learning Engineer until 2024Bilal Zuberi, was Board of Directors until 2025Amy Hodler, was Responsible AI Technical Evangelist until 2022Radhika Venkatraman, was Strategic Advisor until 2026
Pranil Dasika, was Vice President / Head of Engineering until 2021
Anusha Sethuraman, was VP of Marketing until 2021
Prabodh P., was Staff Software Engineer until 2025
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 31% direct, 39% search, 7% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Fiddler AI: Leadership (44), Python (Programming Language) (43), SQL (35), Management (34), Agile Methodologies (31), Java (29), Software Development (29), Machine Learning (27).
Where the team actually sits
Fiddler AI people are concentrated in California, United States (19), San Francisco Bay Area (10), Karnataka, India (10), Greater Bengaluru Area (3).
Search footprint
Fiddler AI attracts about 882 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $14K a month if bought through ads. It gained 408 ranking keywords and lost 313 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Fiddler AI has 118 employees as of September 2026.
Fiddler AI has raised $94M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2026.
Fiddler AI was founded in 2018 by Krishna Gade, amit paka ☕️.
Krishna Gade (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Fiddler AI's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Fiddler AI staff are IBM (5 people), Amazon (4 people), Microsoft (4 people).
Former Fiddler AI employees most often move to Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), NVIDIA (3), Aurasell AI (2).
At least 10 companies have a founder who previously worked at Fiddler AI, including Eve, Complex AI Institute, Complify AI.
Fiddler AI attracts about 882 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $14K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Fiddler AI staff are Leadership, Python (Programming Language), SQL, Management, Agile Methodologies.
Fiddler AI staff are concentrated in California, United States (19), San Francisco Bay Area (10), Karnataka, India (10).
Fiddler AI has about 48 people in Engineering, up 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Fiddler AI has about 15 people in Business Development, down 25% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 79 current and 131 former Fiddler AI profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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