On January 27, 2026, Krishna Gade successfully led Fiddler AI to close and announce a $30 Million Series C funding round.
This round was a pivotal moment for Gade, marking the company’s evolution from an observability tool into a critical infrastructure provider for the new wave of autonomous AI agents.
Lead Investor: The round was led by RPS Ventures, with participation from existing backers like Lightspeed, Lux Capital, and Insight Partners.
Total Funding: This raised Fiddler's total funding to $100 million.
Strategic Shift: Gade used this announcement to unveil the "Fiddler Control Plane," a new unified platform designed to govern, monitor, and enforce policy on complex, agentic AI systems that operate without human intervention.
Key Statement from Krishna Gade
In the announcement, Gade articulated the necessity of this shift, stating:
"Every major platform shift requires new infrastructure... As companies deploy autonomous agents, they need a control plane. Our years building trust infrastructure gave us the foundation to solve this—understanding not just what agents do, but why they do it."
