Quild #62: TruEra
Another tool to deal with AI failures
This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
TruEra provides AI quality management software solutions for enterprises to analyze machine learning, improve model quality, and build trust. Powered by enterprise-class Artificial Intelligence (AI) Explainability technology based on six years of research at Carnegie Mellon University, the platform helps drive model quality and trustworthiness.
Founders: Anupam, William (CEO), Shayak
Signals:
Venture-backed experience
William worked at Bloomreach leading various functions for 11 years
Top institutions alumni
William worked at BCG, Cisco, and Juniper Networks for several years
Anupam has been a professor at Carnegie Mellon University for over 15 years
Shayak was a post-doctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University for a year
Top university alumni
William graduated from Dartmouth (BS) and Harvard (MBA)
Anupam graduated from Stanford (PhD)
Shayak graduated from Carnegie Mellon (PhD)
Decent team growth
Grew 1.6x YoY to 57 employees
Midas list investors
Greylock led seed
Wing Venture led series A
Menlo Ventures led series B
Till tomorrow, Kenn