Macroscope

About Macroscope

Macroscope Inc. is an AI-powered software development analytics platform that provides developers and project managers with increased productivity. The company was founded in 2023 by Kayvon Beykpour, Joseph Bernstein, and Rob Bishop. Beykpour and Bernstein previously co-founded the live streaming platform Periscope, which was acquired by Twitter Inc. in 2015, while Bishop founded an AI startup, Magic, which was also acquired by Twitter. Their experience managing large engineering teams at Twitter highlighted the communication breakdowns that can occur and inspired the creation of Macroscope.

The platform serves as an "AI-powered understanding engine" that helps teams comprehend and fix their codebase. It connects to a company's GitHub repositories and analyzes the abstract syntax trees (ASTs) to map out the code. This allows the platform to provide two primary functions: assisting developers in finding and fixing bugs more quickly and offering project managers a clear view of software development progress. Macroscope automatically scans pull requests for bugs, generates natural language explanations of the issues, and can suggest fixes. For managers and non-technical staff, it offers a dashboard that visualizes developer time spent on updates, provides AI-generated summaries, and tracks project contributors. The system can be integrated with tools like Jira, Linear, and Slack to enrich the data it collects.

Macroscope is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. The company has secured significant funding, including a $10 million seed round from investors like Alphabet Inc.'s GV startup fund, Thrive Capital, and Adverb. This was followed by a $30 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $40 million. Macroscope intends to use this capital to further enhance its platform, aiming to provide a more comprehensive view of how work is accomplished within a company.