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

Greptile, an AI-powered code assessment startup, is within the strategy of elevating a Sequence A. Sources acquainted with 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 might 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 advised 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 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 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 extraordinary 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.” Staff usually work from 9 am till 11 pm, together with Saturdays, and generally Sundays, he wrote.

After the publish went viral, Gupta advised a number of information retailers that outperforming the competitors calls for most effort from each staff member. “Nobody cares concerning the third-best firm, and even the second-best firm in any class in software program. If you happen to’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 Sequence A valuation, may be useful in Greptile’s journey.

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