Kolena

Machine learning testing and evaluation platform

San Francisco, California, United States

About Kolena

Kolena provides a machine learning testing platform that helps teams evaluate the behavior of their models. The platform enables users to identify and monitor failure modes, which gives insights to engineering teams, leadership, and customers about how well the models are performing. By highlighting performance gaps, Kolena plays an important role in the machine learning lifecycle, ensuring that models are thoroughly tested and validated. The company focuses on serving ML teams across different industries that need reliable testing solutions. Kolena operates on a subscription-based model, generating revenue through recurring fees from its clients. The main goal of Kolena is to improve the reliability and performance of machine learning models, which in turn supports better decision-making and enhances operational efficiency for its users.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$19.2MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Data & Analytics, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Health benefits
Unlimited PTO
Month stipends
Flexible work environment
Company offsites

Risks

Competition from established platforms like Weights & Biases threatens Kolena's market share.
Rapid AI model development may outpace Kolena's testing framework updates.
Potential regulatory changes could require costly adaptations to Kolena's platform.

Differentiation

Kolena offers a unique model quality framework for AI testing.
The platform provides both unit and end-to-end testing for AI models.
Kolena's insights help identify gaps in AI model test data coverage.

Upsides

Growing interest in explainable AI boosts demand for Kolena's transparency-focused platform.
Kolena can capitalize on the rise of AI model monitoring tools.
Increasing MLOps adoption drives demand for robust testing solutions like Kolena's.

Funding

Total raised$19.16 M
Latest valuation$75.00 M
StageSERIES_A