Our Story

Building the observability layer for AI

We started Intercept because we were frustrated. Building AI apps meant flying blind no visibility into costs, latency, or quality. We knew there had to be a better way.

2,000+
AI Teams Served
10B+
Traces Processed
45+
Countries
35
Team Members

Our Mission

We believe AI will transform every industry. But building production AI is still way too hard. Teams are spending more time debugging than building.

Our mission is to make AI development as observable and debuggable as traditional software. We're building the tools that let teams ship AI with confidence.

Recognition

  • Y Combinator W23 Batch
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology
  • #1 on Product Hunt - Developer Tools
  • SOC 2 Type II Certified

Our Values

The principles that guide how we build, ship, and serve our customers.

Developer First

We build tools that developers actually want to use. Great DX isn't optional it's foundational.

Move Fast

We ship weekly and iterate based on real feedback. Speed is a competitive advantage.

Customer Obsessed

Our customers' success is our success. We're in the trenches with them, solving real problems.

Build in Public

We share our learnings, open-source our tools, and contribute back to the community.

Our Journey

From a two-person startup to serving thousands of AI teams.

2023 Q1

Founded

Intercept was founded by Alex and Sarah in San Francisco.

2023 Q3

Seed Round

$5M seed round led by Y Combinator and Index Ventures.

2024 Q1

Public Launch

Launched publicly with 100+ design partners already onboard.

2024 Q3

Series A

$25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.

2025 Q1

Enterprise Launch

Launched enterprise tier with SOC 2 Type II certification.

2026 Q1

Today

Serving 2,000+ AI teams worldwide, processing 10B+ traces.

Leadership Team

World-class operators from the best companies in tech.

AC

Alex Chen

CEO & Co-founder

Ex-Google, built ML infrastructure at scale. Stanford CS.

SK

Sarah Kim

CTO & Co-founder

Ex-Meta AI Research. PhD in distributed systems from MIT.

MJ

Marcus Johnson

VP Engineering

Ex-Datadog. 15+ years building observability platforms.

ER

Elena Rodriguez

VP Product

Ex-Stripe. Product leader with deep fintech and AI experience.

DP

David Park

Head of AI

Ex-OpenAI. Led research on language model evaluation.

PS

Priya Sharma

Head of Customer Success

Ex-Snowflake. Built CS orgs from 0 to 100+ enterprises.

Backed by the Best

We're fortunate to be backed by world-class investors who believe in our mission.

a16z
Andreessen Horowitz
INDEX
Index Ventures
SEQUOIA
Sequoia
YC
Y Combinator

Join Our Team

We're always looking for exceptional people who want to shape the future of AI development.