LaunchDarkly
LaunchDarkly sells software that lets engineering teams control how features and AI agents behave in production without redeploying code. It processes over 50 trillion flag evaluations daily and serves over a quarter of Fortune 500 companies.
The growth story
LaunchDarkly grew from 329 to 661 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $330M along the way, most recently a Series D in August 2021.
About
LaunchDarkly provides tools for managing software features and AI agent behavior in live production environments. Its CodeControl and AgentControl products allow teams to update and roll back changes instantly, governing all features and agents from a single platform. The company targets engineering teams at large enterprises.
Founded in 2014, LaunchDarkly has raised $330 million, most recently in a Series D round in 2021. It employs 661 people, with engineering being its largest function at 191 staff. The company processes an exceptionally high volume of flag evaluations daily, indicating widespread adoption among large-scale engineering teams.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is LaunchDarkly's largest function with 191 staff, suggesting a strong technical focus. The company has 661 employees total, indicating a mid-sized organization with a significant engineering presence.
The LaunchDarkly org chart
Edith Harbaugh (Chief Executive Officer) leads 59 mapped leaders with 8 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 220 (+24% YoY), Sales 137 (+23% YoY), Information Technology 45 (+18% YoY), Customer Success and Support 40 (+43% YoY), Human Resources 35 (+40% YoY), Marketing 28 (+27% YoY).
Talent flow
LaunchDarkly hires heavily from MongoDB, New Relic, and Oracle, with 32, 21, and 18 hires respectively. Alumni frequently move to Grafana Labs, CodeRabbit, and Expo. The University of California, Berkeley is the top school represented, with 13 alumni.
Most common previous employers of LaunchDarkly staff: MongoDB (32), New Relic (21), Oracle (18), Datadog (18), Procore Technologies (18), Atlassian (16). Former LaunchDarkly employees most often moved to Grafana Labs (12), CodeRabbit (9), Expo (8), Exa (7), Salesforce (7), Sentry (7).
Alumni worth knowing
The LaunchDarkly mafia
LaunchDarkly alumni have founded 24 companies, including Asana (4411 staff), Speakeasy (45 staff), and Gable (30 staff). This suggests a strong entrepreneurial culture among former employees.
24Dan Rogers, was Chief Executive Officer until 2025Hector Hernandez, was Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Customer Success until 2020James Frost, was GM, Head of Product, Experimentation & Release Safety until 2023Dhanish(Dan) MN, was Regional Director, Enterprise Sales (APAC) until 2024Jonathan Anderson, was Strategy and Revenue Operations until 2018
Arun Bhalla, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2024
Melissa Patenaude, was Creative & Design Director, Brand/Marketing/Product until 2020
Josh Morrow, was Corporate Account Executive until 2025
Leeland Clenista, was Engineering until 2021
Jared Volpe, was Lead Product Designer (Consulting) until 2018
Linda Hsieh Logston, was Product Designer, Growth until 2024
Omar Cameron, was Enterprise Sales until 2021
Sidhant Gupta, was Product Manager until 2026
Sam Hunt, was Director of Sales - APAC until 2023
Rachel Drake-Brockman, was Revenue Marketing Lead (Enterprise) - UK & EMEA until 2023
Joe Cieslik, was Software Engineer until 2021
Matt DeLaney, was Product Marketing Lead - Industries/Solutions until 2024
Rich Manalang, was Principal Engineer until 2021
Renee Joneck, was VP Marketing (Interim) & Head of Revenue Marketing & Demand Generation - LaunchDarkly until 2020
Zach Davis, was Principal Engineer until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 72% direct, 11% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at LaunchDarkly: Leadership (253), Microsoft Office (194), Management (188), JavaScript (166), Sales (163), Customer Service (162), Project Management (154), Microsoft Excel (151).
Where the team actually sits
LaunchDarkly people are concentrated in California, United States (97), San Francisco Bay Area (45), United States (31), New York, United States (24).
Search footprint
LaunchDarkly attracts about 14,340 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $166K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,365 ranking keywords and lost 1,966 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.30 / 5
Frequently asked
LaunchDarkly has 661 employees as of September 2026.
LaunchDarkly has raised $330M in total, most recently a Series D round in August 2021.
LaunchDarkly was founded in 2014 by John Kodumal.
Edith Harbaugh (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of LaunchDarkly's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current LaunchDarkly staff are MongoDB (32 people), New Relic (21 people), Oracle (18 people).
Former LaunchDarkly employees most often move to Grafana Labs (12), CodeRabbit (9), Expo (8).
At least 24 companies have a founder who previously worked at LaunchDarkly, including Asana, Speakeasy, Gable.
LaunchDarkly attracts about 14,340 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $166K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among LaunchDarkly staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, Management, JavaScript, Sales.
LaunchDarkly staff are concentrated in California, United States (97), San Francisco Bay Area (45), United States (31).
LaunchDarkly has about 220 people in Engineering, up 24% over the past year, as of September 2026.
LaunchDarkly has about 137 people in Sales, up 23% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 572 current and 827 former LaunchDarkly profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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