Middleware – a disruptive AI-based cloud observability platform provider – announced that it raised $6.5 million in seed funding to simplify and supercharge cloud observability. This funding round will enable the company to revolutionize how businesses utilize observability stacks in the age of AI.
8VC led the funding round and was joined by Fin Capital, Vercel CEO and founder Guillermo Rauch and Tokyo Black. And several notable angel investors and other funds participated, including Decent Capital, Begin Capital, Beat Venture, and Gokul Rajaram.
This funding round will enable Middleware to expand its team, develop new features, and grow its customer base. And the company also plans to build an advanced AI advisor based on generative AI to improve the cloud observability stack further.
Middleware’s cloud observability platform combines data from various sources and leverages machine learning algorithms to identify patterns and anomalies that indicate performance issues and other problems. And the platform also can provide recommendations for how to resolve issues and automate the resolution process.
The observability market has changed significantly in recent years as companies seek faster and more cost-effective debugging. But the proliferation of microservices and distributed systems has made it more challenging to understand real-time system behavior, which is critical to problem-solving. That’s why many businesses use automation that monitors distributed architecture and enables deep-dive tracking and real-time observability.
The company’s ultimate objective is to provide development and operations teams with effortless access to observability data throughout the entire software development lifecycle, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) and resolution (MTTR).
Businesses have been building software using entirely different technology than they did a decade ago, yet they still use antiquated solutions created in the distant past. Instead of monolithic architecture, the general trend has been toward microservices, Kubernetes, and distributed architecture for better security, scalability, and team flexibility.
Gartner estimated that 95% of systems will be cloud-native by 2025. And since cloud-native applications and infrastructure generate more data than previous technology generations, hosting and scaling that data becomes more challenging.
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“We are excited to have the support of all the investors as we continue to build out our platform and help our customers achieve greater visibility and control over their systems. Our AI-based approach provides better insight into applications and infrastructure, making it easy for customers to debug issues faster and minimize downtime.”
― Laduram Vishnoi, CEO and founder of Middleware
“Generative AI represents a revolutionary technological shift that will completely change the software development, monitoring and maintenance process. Middleware’s ChatGPT-based AI advisors make precise recommendations, providing additional investigative paths to the problem. It empowers engineers to tackle increasingly intricate problems with ease.”
― Keenan Rice, founding partner at Tokyo Black
“Our investment in Middleware reflects our confidence in its ability to deliver innovative cloud observability solutions that help development and operations teams identify and resolve issues quickly. Its AI-based approach is a game-changer for the industry, and we are excited to support the company’s continued growth and success.”
― Bhaskar “BG” Ghosh, partner at 8VC
