early Overview
Early is a well funded seed stage startup (Zeev Ventures, DLC), helping companies maintain high speed of development by taking on the task of test generation. It already has thousands of users from hundreds of companies who generated over 80,000 unit tests (as of Dec 2024).
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$5.0MOct 2024
Latest News
growth-positive
Early automates code testing for developers | TechCrunch
Early, a Tel Aviv-based startup, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Zeev Ventures with participation from Dynamic Loop Capital. The company, founded by Sharon Barr and Lior Froimovich, focuses on using generative AI to create unit tests, aiming to improve code quality and efficiency in software development. Earlys tool integrates with Visual Studio Code, supporting JavaScript and TypeScript, and helps developers automatically generate validated tests. The founders, with extensive backgrounds in engineering and AI, aim to position Early as a leader in code quality solutions, freeing developers to focus on creative coding tasks.
Investment
growth-positive
The Israeli startup’s AI-powered solution acts as a Test AI agent, automatically generating working tests to help developers detect and fix bugs early in the development cycle.
Early, an Israeli startup, has developed an AI-powered solution that acts as a Test AI agent to automatically generate working tests, helping developers detect and fix bugs early in the development cycle. The company announced it has raised $5 million in Seed funding led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Dynamic Loop Capital. Since its soft launch in August, Earlys platform has generated over 30,000 unit tests and has been used by over 3,000 developers. The platform aims to improve code quality and testing practices, addressing the critical need highlighted by incidents like the CrowdStrike outage. Early was founded by Sharon Barr and Lior Froimovich, who bring extensive experience in technology and software engineering.
Investment
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| Sector | Business Software |
Funding
| Total funding | $5M |
| Last funding | $5M |
| Stage | Seed |
| Rounds | 1 |
| Investors | 2 |
Team Members
2
Employees: 11-50
Web & Social Links
| Website | www.startearly.ai/ |
| Careers | Careers page |
Locations
Arik Einstein St, Herzliya, Israel
Photos & Videos
1 item(s)
early Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
Released
Employees
11-50
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsProduct Development ToolsSoftware Development ToolsTarget Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesSoftware DevelopmentEnterprisesCore Technology
Artificial IntelligenceTags (4)
software-applicationssoftware-developerssoftware-testingartificial-intelligenceSolutions
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Use Cases
Find bugsHigh coverage and quality in a clickGeographic Markets
EuropeAmericasAsiaearly Financials
$5M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$5M
Last funding
Seed
Funding stage
1
Total rounds
2
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$5.0MOct 2024
Private Equity Funding
Seed
Oct 2024
$5M
Oren Zeev (Lead)
,
Dynamic Loop Capital
early Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
$5.0MOct 2024
All Events
Seed
Oct 2024
$5M
Oren Zeev (Lead)
,
Dynamic Loop Capital
early News
3 articles
growth-positive
Early automates code testing for developers | TechCrunch
Early, a Tel Aviv-based startup, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Zeev Ventures with participation from Dynamic Loop Capital. The company, founded by Sharon Barr and Lior Froimovich, focuses on using generative AI to create unit tests, aiming to improve code quality and efficiency in software development. Earlys tool integrates with Visual Studio Code, supporting JavaScript and TypeScript, and helps developers automatically generate validated tests. The founders, with extensive backgrounds in engineering and AI, aim to position Early as a leader in code quality solutions, freeing developers to focus on creative coding tasks.
Investment
growth-positive
The Israeli startup’s AI-powered solution acts as a Test AI agent, automatically generating working tests to help developers detect and fix bugs early in the development cycle.
Early, an Israeli startup, has developed an AI-powered solution that acts as a Test AI agent to automatically generate working tests, helping developers detect and fix bugs early in the development cycle. The company announced it has raised $5 million in Seed funding led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Dynamic Loop Capital. Since its soft launch in August, Earlys platform has generated over 30,000 unit tests and has been used by over 3,000 developers. The platform aims to improve code quality and testing practices, addressing the critical need highlighted by incidents like the CrowdStrike outage. Early was founded by Sharon Barr and Lior Froimovich, who bring extensive experience in technology and software engineering.
Investment
אורן זאב משקיע בסטארטאפ שהיה יכול למנוע את הבאג הגדול של קראודסטרייק
early Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 11-50 |
| Exact count | 17 |
| Team members | 2 |
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Admin Info
| Confidence | 81/100 |
| Missing | sector, markets, not claimed |
| BI Verification | Dana Arnon |
| Registrar ID | 516885381 |
| Creator | Dana Arnon |
| Creator email | dana.arnon@mail.huji.ac.il |
| Last update | 2024-05-12T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2024-05-12T00:00:00.000Z |
| Claimed | Yes |