Startup Lemma Raises $2.3M to Catch Silent Failures in AI Agents

Startup Lemma raises $2.3M to catch silent failures in AI agents

AI startup Lemma has raised $2.3 million in a pre-seed funding round as it works to address a growing problem for companies deploying AI agents in production: failures that happen without triggering traditional error alerts. Founded by Jerry Zhang and Cole Gawin, Lemma has developed a monitoring and observability platform designed to identify when AI agents appear to be working but fail to complete their intended tasks. The startup was recently …

Exclusive: OpenAI and xAI insiders back Lemma's $2.3M pre-seed to catch AI agents failing in production

Lemma has raised $2.3 million in pre-seed funding to find and fix silent failures in AI agents. Investors from OpenAI, xAI, Meta, and DoorDash joined the round, along with Matrix and Y Combinator. Lemma reviews more than one million agent traces daily to identify the main reasons for failures. Jerry Zhang and Cole Gawin met as freshmen in USC’s startup incubator before building agents at separate companies. Both faced the same issue: agents pass…