Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
The short version
- Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware.
- The two tech veterans realized that instead of reacting to system failures after the fact, they could build a tool to predict them.
- This insight led them to build Empirik , a product that tracks system changes and infers their potential ripple effects across the entire infrastructure.
What happened
Sequoia recognized that Empirik could be a new type of observability tool that helps prevent and resolve incidents. After incubating the startup in 2023, Sequoia recruited former Quantum Metric CPO and Salesforce observability VP Kartik Chandrayana as CEO earlier this year.
Why it matters
Empirik announced Tuesday that it is spinning out as an independent company after raising $21 million in seed funding from Sequoia, Canapi, and Alumni Ventures.
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