Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M

消息来源：Elastic 同意以最高 8500 万美元收购获 CRV 支持的 Deductive AI

Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has agreed to be sold to enterprise software company Elastic for up to $85 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. 据一位知情人士透露，利用人工智能检测并修复软件漏洞的初创公司 Deductive AI 已同意被企业软件公司 Elastic 收购，交易金额最高可达 8500 万美元。

Deductive, which was founded in 2023, came out stealth last November when it announced a $7.5 million seed round led by CRV with participation from Databricks Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, and PrimeSet. The investment valued the startup at $33 million, according to PitchBook. Elastic and Deductive did not respond to multiple requests for comment. TechCrunch will update this article if either company responds. Deductive 成立于 2023 年，去年 11 月结束隐身状态，宣布完成由 CRV 领投，Databricks Ventures、Thomvest Ventures 和 PrimeSet 跟投的 750 万美元种子轮融资。据 PitchBook 数据显示，该轮融资对这家初创公司的估值为 3300 万美元。Elastic 和 Deductive 均未回应多次置评请求。若收到任何一方的回应，TechCrunch 将更新本文。

The sale marks a speedy exit for Deductive, which is operating in a fast-growing sector known as AI site reliability engineering (AI SRE). Building AI-powered SRE tools has become an important area, driven by the massive influx of AI-written code. Replacing manual debugging with AI enables human SREs to shift focus from constantly fixing outages and other problems to spending more time on helping with product development. 此次出售标志着 Deductive 的快速退出，该公司所处的领域被称为人工智能站点可靠性工程（AI SRE），正处于快速增长期。在人工智能编写的代码大量涌入的推动下，构建人工智能驱动的 SRE 工具已成为一个重要领域。用人工智能取代人工调试，使人类 SRE 能够将工作重心从不断修复故障和其他问题，转移到更多地参与产品开发上。

The acquisition reflects a broader trend in which established tech incumbents are looking to buy AI-native startups to integrate agentic technologies into their existing product suites, the source told TechCrunch. 消息人士告诉 TechCrunch，此次收购反映了一个更广泛的趋势：成熟的科技巨头正寻求收购人工智能原生初创公司，以便将智能体（agentic）技术整合到其现有的产品套件中。

Elastic, which went public in 2018, is best known for Elasticsearch, the search and analytics engine that helps organizations store, search, analyze, and monitor large amounts of data in near real time. The company’s observability software — essentially tools that let engineers monitor software systems and detect security threats — could benefit from Deductive’s tech. Elastic 于 2018 年上市，以 Elasticsearch 而闻名，这是一款帮助企业近乎实时地存储、搜索、分析和监控海量数据的搜索与分析引擎。该公司的可观测性软件（本质上是让工程师监控软件系统并检测安全威胁的工具）有望从 Deductive 的技术中受益。

According to the source, integrating Deductive’s AI technology into Elastic will enhance its observability platform by giving customers tools to automatically monitor performance and resolve system failures in real time. 据消息人士称，将 Deductive 的人工智能技术整合到 Elastic 中，将通过为客户提供自动监控性能和实时解决系统故障的工具，从而增强其可观测性平台。

Deductive was co-founded by Rakesh Kothari, who was previously VP of engineering at Lightspeed-backed business analytics startup ThoughtSpot, and Sameer Agarwal, who formerly worked at Apache Software Foundation and Meta. Agrawal was one of the founding engineers at Databricks. Deductive 由 Rakesh Kothari 和 Sameer Agarwal 共同创立。Kothari 此前曾担任获 Lightspeed 支持的商业分析初创公司 ThoughtSpot 的工程副总裁；Agarwal 此前曾在 Apache 软件基金会和 Meta 工作，他也是 Databricks 的创始工程师之一。

While Deductive reached roughly $1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR,) according to the source, the startup’s growth lagged behind Resolve AI, one of the sectors’ perceived early winners. The two-year-old Resolve was co-founded by former Splunk executive Spiros Xanthos and Mayank Agarwal. The Greylock and Lightspeed-backed startup was last valued at $1.5 billion when it raised a $40 million Series A extension in April. 据消息人士透露，虽然 Deductive 的年度经常性收入（ARR）达到了约 100 万美元，但其增长速度落后于该领域公认的早期赢家之一 Resolve AI。成立两年的 Resolve 由前 Splunk 高管 Spiros Xanthos 和 Mayank Agarwal 共同创立。这家获 Greylock 和 Lightspeed 支持的初创公司在 4 月份完成 4000 万美元的 A 轮融资延期时，估值已达 15 亿美元。