Lightrun
Lightrun is an AI-powered reliability engineering platform that helps developers diagnose and fix software issues in real-time without code changes. The company has raised $115M, including a recent Series B, and employs 85 people.
The growth story
Lightrun grew from 42 to 85 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $115M along the way, most recently a Series B in April 2025.
About
Lightrun sells tools that let engineering teams identify and resolve software problems during development and in live production environments. Its AI system analyzes runtime data to pinpoint failures and test fixes without requiring redeployments, targeting companies scaling AI-generated code.
The company has grown to 85 employees since its 2019 founding, backed by $115M in funding from investors including Accel and Glilot Capital Partners. Its Series B round closed in April 2025, indicating continued investor confidence in its approach to AI-assisted software reliability.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Lightrun's workforce with 19 employees in that function. The company maintains a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting stable leadership and technical teams.
The Lightrun org chart
Ilan Peleg (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 26 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 18 (-18% YoY), Business Development 15 (-12% YoY), Entrepreneurship 11 (0% YoY), Sales 11 (-42% YoY), Information Technology 7 (0% YoY), Product Management 4 (-33% YoY).
Talent flow
Lightrun recruits heavily from Israeli technical backgrounds, with 8 alumni from the Israel Defense Forces and multiple hires from Broadcom, Check Point Software, and Redis. Alumni frequently move to Hud, Grafana Labs, and Postman.
Most common previous employers of Lightrun staff: Israel Defense Forces (8), Broadcom (3), EY (3), Redis (3), Check Point Software (3), Ofek 324 Unit - IAF (3). Former Lightrun employees most often moved to Hud (3), Grafana Labs (3), Qodo (2), Postman (2), Procter & Gamble (1), Jedify (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Lightrun mafia
Lightrun alumni founded 3 companies including Apigene and Crewpod, with at least one staff member joining each startup from Lightrun.
3Yaniv Shani, was VP R&D until 2023Quadri Sheriff, was Technical Writer until 2023Rafael Feitelberg, was Advisor until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 39% direct, 47% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Lightrun: Software as a Service (SaaS) (30), Software Development (27), Linux (27), Management (26), Python (Programming Language) (26), Leadership (25), Java (24), Enterprise Software (23).
Where the team actually sits
Lightrun people are concentrated in Tel Aviv District, Israel (24), Israel (22), Center District, Israel (4), Florida, United States (2).
Search footprint
Lightrun attracts about 178 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $3K a month if bought through ads. It gained 16 ranking keywords and lost 7 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Lightrun has 85 employees as of September 2026.
Lightrun has raised $115M in total, most recently a Series B round in April 2025.
Lightrun was founded in 2019 by Ilan Peleg, Leonid Blouvshtein.
Ilan Peleg (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Lightrun's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Lightrun staff are Israel Defense Forces (8 people), Broadcom (3 people), EY (3 people).
Former Lightrun employees most often move to Hud (3), Grafana Labs (3), Qodo (2).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Lightrun, including Apigene, Crewpod, www.Never-Mine.com.
Lightrun attracts about 178 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $3K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Lightrun staff are Software as a Service (SaaS), Software Development, Linux, Management, Python (Programming Language).
Lightrun staff are concentrated in Tel Aviv District, Israel (24), Israel (22), Center District, Israel (4).
Lightrun has about 18 people in Engineering, down 18% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Lightrun has about 15 people in Business Development, down 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 63 current and 82 former Lightrun profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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