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Esper

Esper is a United States-based company in device software, developer tools, and computer software, referenced as the previous employer...

Facts

HQ
United States
Sectors
Software Development
Founded
2018
Employees
207
Stage
startup
Founders
Yadhu Gopalan, Shiv Sundar

logcat.ai Raises $2.5M Pre-Seed Led by Founders’ Co-op to Scale AI Platform for Android and Linux Engineering

Enterprise AI startup logcat.ai raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Founders’ Co-op to expand its engineering team and enhance Delta, an AI platform that automates Android and Linux device engineering by analyzing system traces and recommending code-level fixes. Founded in 2025 by Varun Chitre and Tarun Vashisth, the Seattle-based company says Delta has processed over 10 billion lines of trace data, served hundreds of beta developers and a few paying enterprise customers.

logcat.ai raises $2.55M pre-seed to build AI agents that debug Android and Linux device OSes

Seattle startup logcat.ai raised $2.55 million in pre-seed funding to build AI agents that debug and develop low-level Android and Linux operating-system software for devices. Founded by former Esper engineers Varun Chitre (CEO) and Tarun Vashisth (CTO), the system analyzes device logs to find root causes and recommend fixes, with a roadmap to autonomously write and test fixes.

Seattle Startup Radar Highlights AI-Driven Ventures Like The Carry’s $299 Fitness Vest and Color42’s Music Video AI with 1,000 Users

Several Seattle-area startups led by founders such as Esther Sedgwick of The Carry and Prince Bajracharya of Color42 are leveraging AI across diverse sectors including fitness, music marketing, and autonomous debugging. These companies are at early stages with products launching this year and are receiving feedback from a GPT-powered critic called 'Mean VC' to refine their market strategies.

Amperity cuts 13 roles (3% of staff) amid reorganization while planning continued hires and investments

Seattle customer-intelligence startup Amperity laid off 13 employees (about 3% of its 375-person workforce), primarily from its talent acquisition team, while saying it will continue hiring and invest in growth. CEO Barry Padgett attributed the cuts to organizational alignment with strategic growth plans; the company became a unicorn in July 2021 after a $100 million raise and values at $1 billion.

Relevvo raises $1.5M seed to power personalized B2B sales messaging from Microsoft and LinkedIn veterans

Seattle startup Relevvo, founded by veterans from Microsoft, LinkedIn and other firms, raised a $1.5 million seed round to sell a B2B ‘relevance engine’ that delivers personalized sales messaging at scale to replace ‘spray and pray’ outreach. The seven-person company counts customers like iSpot, Esper, Hiya and CourseKey and was founded by Aashish Dhamdhere and Tushar Shanbhag.

Esper raises $30M Series B led by Scale Venture Partners to expand DevOps platform for Android IoT fleets

Seattle-based Esper raised $30 million in a Series B led by Scale Venture Partners to expand its DevOps platform for managing fleets of company-owned Android IoT devices; the 100-person startup says revenue, customers and device installs surged in 2020. Total funding to date is $40.6 million and Esper targets industries using point-of-sale tablets, connected fitness gear and kiosks.

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