Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say

Greptile, an AI-powered code assessment startup, is within the means of elevating a Sequence A. Sources aware of the deal inform TechCrunch it’s for $30 million at a $180 million valuation led by Benchmark companion Eric Vishria. However one individual says that the deal hasn’t closed and phrases could change.

Based by Dasksh Gupta after he graduated from Georgia Tech in 2023, the startup went via Y Combinator within the winter of 2024 cohort, and raised a $4 million seed spherical led by Initialized Capital after finishing its program.

Gupta informed TechCrunch final 12 months that the bot his firm developed acts as an skilled coworker, possessing a deep understanding of the shopper’s code, which allows it to pinpoint bugs and different potential points that human reviewers would possibly miss.

As with most areas of AI, the code assessment area could be very aggressive.

Greptile’s most distinguished rivals embrace Graphite, a startup that earlier this 12 months raised a $52 million Sequence B led by Accel with participation from Anthropic’s Anthology Fund with Menlo Ventures, a16z, and others. One other key competitor is Coderabbit, which final 12 months secured a $16 million Sequence A from CRV.

The extreme competitors has pushed Greptile to require its employees to work exceptionally lengthy hours.

The then 22-year-old Gupta posted on X in November that Greptile “provides no work-life-balance.” Workers sometimes work from 9 am till 11 pm, together with Saturdays, and generally Sundays, he wrote.

After the publish went viral, Gupta informed a number of information retailers that outperforming the competitors calls for most effort from each crew member. “Nobody cares in regards to the third-best firm, and even the second-best firm in any class in software program. When you’re going to place in 95 p.c effort, it’s the equal of placing in 0 p.c effort,” Gupta stated in an interview with Inc.

Regardless of the work tradition, attracting an A-list VC like Benchmark at a wholesome Sequence A valuation, may be useful in Greptile’s journey.

Greptile and Benchmark didn’t reply to a request for remark.