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 Collection A. Sources conversant in the deal inform TechCrunch it’s for $30 million at a $180 million valuation led by Benchmark associate Eric Vishria. However one particular person 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 by way of Y Combinator within the winter of 2024 cohort, and raised a $4 million seed spherical led by Initialized Capital after finishing its program.

Gupta advised TechCrunch final yr 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 may miss.

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

Greptile’s most distinguished rivals embody Graphite, a startup that earlier this yr raised a $52 million Collection 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 yr secured a $16 million Collection A from CRV.

The extraordinary competitors has pushed Greptile to require its workers to work exceptionally lengthy hours.

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

After the put up went viral, Gupta advised a number of information retailers that outperforming the competitors calls for most effort from each group member. “Nobody cares concerning 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 mentioned in an interview with Inc.

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

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