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Agent observability for startups

30 June 2026Karan Prasad2 min

Most early-stage teams building agents know they need quality evals and observability. But they often deprioritize setting up this infrastructure because of the costs, time commitments, or limited resources.

Braintrust for Startups is a new program designed to give early-stage teams access to the same platform that leading AI companies run in production. By connecting evals and observability in one workflow, Braintrust helps these startups understand how agents behave in production, and gives them the tools to improve agent performance.

We also want to serve as a source for education and knowledge sharing within the startup ecosystem. Beyond access to Braintrust's products, the program will include opportunities to meet with our leaders, learn from our customers, and attend our exclusive events.

Teams at Lovable, Browserbase, Pylon, and Greptile use Braintrust to compare models, test prompts, and catch regressions so they can turn production data into better agents. Now early-stage startups across the ecosystem can build eval and observability infrastructure no matter their size or resources.

What you get

Startups approved for the program receive six to twelve months of access to the Braintrust Pro plan, exclusive office hours, and invites to Braintrust executive events.

The Pro plan includes:

  • $249 credits per month
  • 5 GB processed data
  • 50k scores
  • 30-day retention
  • Advanced features like custom charts, Topics, environments, priority support, RBAC, and more

Apply now

Applications are approved on a rolling basis. Braintrust has partnered with VC firms including a16z, Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, and Kleiner Perkins, and encourages applications from all startups.

Any new customer with at least $100k in funding is eligible for six months of Pro plan access, and those funded by a partner VC firm at Series A or earlier are eligible for twelve months.

Apply at braintrust.dev/startups.

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