Kiln
AI Development Tools · AI Evaluation & Observability
$17Mlatest round · Venture round · Jan 2024 · 2 yr ago
2backers · E14 Fund, Panache Ventures
50+team · employees, estimated range
26stories in the press
Overview
Build better AI systems with evals, RAG, agents, synthetic data, fine-tuning, and prompt optimization. Free app + open-source library.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$17M
1 round on record
Latest round
$17M
Venture round · Jan 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
E14 Fund, Panache Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
33 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
rising traction
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Nov 14, 2025
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Synthetic data generation for evaluating RAGs
Aug 2024
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Jan 17, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $17M
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jan 2024 | $17M | — | businesswire.com |
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Financials
Total raised
$17M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
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Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $17M | Details |
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