PullRequest provides on-demand code review as a service, matching expert reviewers to developers' code before it is published. The company was in Y Combinator last August and is led by founder and CEO Lyal Avery. PullRequest is adding elements of automation and intelligence to its platform to complement human reviewers. It targets QA bottlenecks created by faster development cycles, enabling teams to move faster without sacrificing code quality. Avery says the platform has found vulnerabilities that helped prevent potential data leaks, though the company declined to name clients. Gradient Ventures’ managing director Anna Patterson highlighted the combination of on-demand review and AI to make code reviews more accessible to enterprises. PullRequest operates an on-demand code review service that connects companies with a pool of human reviewers who check for bugs, security issues, coding standards and performance problems. The company is building toward automation of the coding process, using its reviewed code dataset to surface and eventually repair common issues. An early automation effort is a Slack bot (in alpha) that notifies developers when dependencies need updating. PullRequest says it scores and analyzes review projects to create the dataset that will drive future automation. The startup is a Y Combinator Summer 2017 graduate and has grown from 200 reviewers and 300 companies in August to 1,900 reviewers and 1,000 companies today. The company has six employees, plans to double headcount next month, and will use the new funding to continue growth.

Total raised

$10M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Apr 2018