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The developer tools sector is heavily influenced by artificial intelligence and large funding rounds. This overview covers the 100 leading companies creating new tools for software engineers.

For example, the AI coding lab Anysphere has raised $1.1 billion to automate software development. Other companies focus on areas like DevOps and cloud security, attracting hundreds of millions in capital.

Below is our list of 100 Developer Tools startups worth keeping an eye on.

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Replit builds a collaborative coding platform where developers can write, run, and host applications directly from a browser. The company is recognized for its integrated AI assistant, which helps teams build and ship software more efficiently.

HeadquartersFoster City, California, United States
Year Founded2016
FoundersAmjad Masad, Faris Masad, Haya Odeh
Funding Amount$472M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsAndreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, South Park Commons, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator

Lovable created an AI-powered platform that enables users to build software products without extensive coding skills. Their tool helps teams turn ideas into applications faster by using AI to handle the underlying development work.

HeadquartersStockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Year Founded2023
FoundersAnton Osika, Fabian Hedin
Funding Amount$222.5M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeries A
Top InvestorsEvantic Capital, Accel, Antler, Creandum, The Twenty Minute VC

Anysphere builds generative AI tools designed to automate the process of writing software. The company operates as an applied research lab, focusing on solutions like Cursor that help developers code more efficiently.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2022
FoundersAman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif
Funding Amount$3.4B
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsAndreessen Horowitz, Accel, Google, NVIDIA, Benchmark, Thrive Capital, DST Global

Harness provides a Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications into production. Their tools help automate the entire software delivery process, allowing developers to ship code faster and more reliably.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersJyoti Bansal, Rishi Singh, Rishi Singh
Funding Amount$575M
Startup SizeMajor Organization (1,001-5,000)
Last Funding StatusDebt Financing
Top InvestorsNorwest Venture Partners, Gaingels, Menlo Ventures, Battery Ventures, IVP

zerohash provides the infrastructure for businesses to integrate digital assets natively into their own platforms. Their crypto-as-a-service solution allows any company to offer crypto trading, custody, and rewards to their end customers.

HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, United States
Year Founded2015
FoundersBrian Liston, Edward Woodford
Funding Amount$282.1M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top Investors500 Global, Bain Capital, Apollo, Morgan Stanley, Bain Capital Ventures

CodeRabbit builds an AI-powered tool that automates code reviews for software teams. Their platform helps developers merge pull requests faster and improve overall code quality.

HeadquartersWalnut Creek, California, United States
Year Founded2023
FoundersGuritfaq Singh, Harjot Gill, Vishu Kaur
Funding Amount$87.6M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsFlex Capital, NVentures, Scale Venture Partners, CRV, Pelion Venture Partners

Chainguard provides low-to-zero CVE container images for building and running secure applications. They are the company behind Sigstore, the open standard for signing and verifying software to protect the software supply chain.

HeadquartersKirkland, Washington, United States
Year Founded2021
FoundersDan Lorenc, Kim Lewandowski, Ville Aikas
Funding Amount$612M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries D
Top InvestorsSequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, K5 Global, IVP, Kleiner Perkins

Factory builds AI software agents designed to automate complex development tasks and workflows. These agents act as autonomous partners for software engineers, helping them tackle intricate coding challenges more efficiently.

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Year Founded2023
FoundersEno Reyes, Matan Grinberg
Funding Amount$70M
Startup SizeLean Team (11-50)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsNVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, BoxGroup, Lux Capital

Creatio builds a no-code platform designed to automate CRM and enterprise workflows. Their tools allow companies to digitize processes and create applications without needing to write code.

HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Year Founded2014
FoundersKatherine Kostereva
Funding Amount$268M
Startup SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusPrivate Equity
Top InvestorsSapphire Ventures, StepStone Group, Volition Capital, Horizon Capital, Horizon Capital

Clay builds an automation platform that helps sales and marketing teams find and enrich customer data. Their core product works like a spreadsheet that fills itself, allowing teams to build powerful outbound workflows without writing any code.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersKareem Amin, Nicolae Rusan, Varun Anand
Funding Amount$202M
Startup SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries C
Top InvestorsBoxGroup, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, Meritech Capital Partners

90 Additional Developer Tools Startups Worth Following

Our top ten picks are just the beginning of the story. Together, the companies on this year's list have raised billions of dollars, with many focused on AI and cloud tools.

You'll see a mix of newcomers and established names, all working on interesting problems. Here are the other developer tool startups we're watching.

StartupMain IndustryYear FoundedAmount RaisedLast Funding Round
Neon logo NeonCloud2021$129.6MVenture Round
Framer logo FramerInfrastructure2015$161MSeries D
Honeycomb logo HoneycombCloud2016$146.9MSeries D
Baseten logo BasetenAI2019$285MSeries D
Anything logo AnythingAI2021$19.5MSeries A
Sentry logo SentryInfrastructure2012$217MSeries E
LambdaTest logo LambdaTestCloud2017$108MSeries D
Crossmint logo CrossmintCrypto2022$23.6MVenture Round
LaunchDarkly logo LaunchDarklyInfrastructure2014$330.3MSeries D
PostHog logo PostHogAnalytics2020$182.2MSeries E
Backbase logo BackbaseFintech2003€120MDebt Financing
Scalekit logo ScalekitEnterprise2024$11.1MSeed
QuickNode logo QuickNodeCrypto2017$101.9MSecondary Market
Magic logo MagicCrypto2018$83MSeries B
SRE.ai logo SRE.aiAI2024$7.7MSeed
SurrealDB logo SurrealDBData2021$26MSeries A
Sonar logo SonarSecurity2008$457MSeries B
Weights & Biases logo Weights & BiasesAI2017$250MSecondary Market
CloudZero logo CloudZeroCloud2016$119.1MSeries C
Composio logo ComposioAI2023$31MSeries A
Blacksmith logo BlacksmithCloud2024$14MSeries A
Qwiet logo QwietAI2016$58.3MSeries C
Acumatica logo AcumaticaCloud2006$48.3MSeries C
TrueLayer logo TrueLayerFintech2016$321.5MSeries E
Netlify logo NetlifyCloud2014$212.1MSeries D
Digital Asset logo Digital AssetCrypto2014$442.2MSeries E
Synthesized logo SynthesizedCloud2020$22.8MSeries A
Dedalus Labs logo Dedalus LabsAI2025$500kPre-Seed
Sana logo SanaAI2016$137MSeries C
Pump logo PumpAI2022$4.5MSeed
Cloudsmith logo CloudsmithCloud2016$52MSeries B
Testlio logo TestlioInfrastructure2012$20.5MSeries B
Tabnine logo TabnineAI2013$57.1MSeries B
Bezi logo BeziAI2021$13MSeries A
Supabase logo SupabaseAI2020$496.1MSeries E
PlayerZero logo PlayerZeroAI2019$20MSeries A
Graphite logo GraphiteAI2020$72MSeries B
StackHawk logo StackHawkInfrastructure2019$47.3MSeries B
Vantage logo VantageCloud2020$25MSeries A
Contentful logo ContentfulCloud2013$349.6MSeries F
Galileo logo GalileoAI2021$68.1MSeries B
Merge logo MergeInfrastructure2020$74.5MSeries B
Alloy Automation logo Alloy AutomationInfrastructure2019$25MSeries A
Stack Overflow logo Stack OverflowMarketing2008$153MSeries E
MetalBear logo MetalBearInfrastructure2022$12.5MSeed
Comet logo CometAI2017$69.8MSeries B
Embrace logo EmbraceAnalytics2016$77MVenture Round
Avo logo AvoAnalytics2017$4.5MAngel
thatgamecompany logo thatgamecompanyGaming2012$28.8MVenture Round
Tonic.ai logo Tonic.aiAI2018$45MSeries B
Builder.io logo Builder.ioInfrastructure2019$37.3MVenture Round
FromSoftware logo FromSoftwareGaming1986¥36.4BSecondary Market
Redpanda Data logo Redpanda DataAnalytics2019$265.5MSeries D
Superblocks logo SuperblocksAI2021$60MSeries A
Arcade.dev logo Arcade.devAI2024$12MSeed
BotCity logo BotCityInfrastructure2019$15.2MSeries A
Dotfile logo DotfileInfrastructure2021$8.5MSeries A
OutSystems logo OutSystemsAI2001$802.1MSeries G
Secure Code Warrior logo Secure Code WarriorSecurity2015$101.5MSeries C
Gearset logo GearsetInfrastructure2017$55MPrivate Equity
Saga logo SagaAI2021$850kPre-Seed
Apollo GraphQL logo Apollo GraphQLInfrastructure2016$152MVenture Round
WorkOS logo WorkOSInfrastructure2019$95MSeries B
Sedai logo SedaiAI2020$38.5MSeries B
Docker logo DockerInfrastructure2011$435.9MSeries C
Helium logo HeliumEnterprise2024$7.4MSeed
Sourcegraph logo SourcegraphInfrastructure2013$248MSeries D
Hadean logo HadeanCloud2015$70.6MCorporate Round
Liquibase logo LiquibaseInfrastructure2012$27MSeries C
Guepard logo GuepardCloud2024$2.1MPre-Seed
Linear logo LinearInfrastructure2019$134.2MSeries C
Tetrate logo TetrateInfrastructure2018$52.5MSeries B
Mobot logo MobotEnterprise2018$17.8MSeries A
Helius logo HeliusCrypto2022$31.3MSeries B
Outlier logo OutlierAnalytics2015$31.7MSeries B
Cube Dev logo Cube DevAnalytics2019$46.7MSeries B
Buildkite logo BuildkiteInfrastructure2013A$59.2MSeries B
Rosebud AI logo Rosebud AIAI2019$8.8MSeed
Supernova.io logo Supernova.ioInfrastructure2018$25.8MSeries A
Coder logo CoderCloud2017$82.8MSeries B
Microblink logo MicroblinkAI2013$60MPrivate Equity
Opper AI logo Opper AIInfrastructure2023$3MPre-Seed
Tenderly logo TenderlyCrypto2018$58.6MSeries B
Bionexo logo BionexoInfrastructure2000R$645MPrivate Equity
Applitools logo ApplitoolsCloud2013$41.8MPrivate Equity
Innerworks logo InnerworksAI2020$4MSeed
Flybits logo FlybitsAnalytics2013$44.1MSeries C
Port logo PortInfrastructure2022$60MSeries B
Civo logo CivoCloud2015$2.8MCorporate Round
Octopus Deploy logo Octopus DeployInfrastructure2012$172.5MSeries A

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