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Braintrust

About Braintrust

Building the infrastructure that helps teams measure, evaluate, and improve their AI products.

Business Information
Target Customers
enterprise mid-market businesses technology companies
Industry Categories
AI, ML, Gen AI Cloud & Infrastructure Data, Analytics, Data Science
Business Model
Revenue Model SaaS
Pricing Strategy Tiered subscription
Sales Channels direct, channel partners
Funding Timeline
Round Date Amount Investors
Series B Feb 17, 2026 $80.0M ICONIQGrowth, ICONIQCapital, a16zcrypto CSX +5 more
Founders
A
Ankur Goyal

Founder and CEO

Investors
E
Elad Gil

Angel Investor, Venture Capitalist

G
Greylock

Venture Capital

G
GreylockVC

Venture Capital

I
ICONIQCapital

Venture Capital

I
ICONIQGrowth

Venture Capital

a
a16zcrypto CSX

Venture Capital

b
basecasevc

Venture Capital

Recent Mentions
braintrust
Braintrust @braintrust
Feb 17, 2026

Braintrust has raised an $80M Series B. We're building the infrastructure that helps teams measure, evaluate, and improve their AI products. Don't take our word for it. Hear how @NotionHQ, @Vercel, @Navan, and @billcom use Braintrust to ship quality AI. https://t.co/lMTHVCrI2P

Techmeme
Techmeme @Techmeme
Feb 17, 2026

Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised an $80M Series B led by Iconiq at an $800M post-money valuation (Chris Metinko / Axios) https://t.co/3xNjDOi7C6 https://t.co/lkRYm2vsQx 📥 Send tips! https://t.co/wlNZvXuhJs

menlotimes
Menlo Times @menlotimes
Feb 18, 2026

How Braintrust @braintrust is Becoming the Observability Layer for Production AI. Braintrust, the AI observability platform helping teams measure, evaluate, and improve AI in production, led by Ankur Goyal @ankrgyl and the team, has raised $80M in Series B funding led by ICONIQ https://t.co/DCH3mQ9Pp0

TFNBreakingNews
Tech Funding News @TFNBreakingNews
Feb 19, 2026

📈 @braintrust has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by @ICONIQCapital. https://t.co/wzZSAUAcaJ Existing investors @a16z, @GreylockVC, Elad Gil, and @basecasevc also participated. #ai #vcfunding #ustech #startups #investment #innovation #observability

aistartupdata
AI Startup Data @aistartupdata
Feb 19, 2026

🚨 AI FUNDING ALERT Company: @braintrust Category: Infrastructure Amount: $80M Round: Series B Location: United States

GrishinRobotics
Grishin Robotics @GrishinRobotics
Feb 20, 2026

AI agents are shipping fast. But the hardest part is proving they’ll behave tomorrow. Braintrust just raised $80M in a Series B led by ICONIQ (reported $800M post-money), with returning support from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Elad Gil, and basecase capital. Why it matters: https://t.co/jlqZwbYciF