PlayerZero just raised $15M Series A to tackle bugs in AI-coded software.
The startup uses AI agents to find and fix bugs before code hits production. CEO Animesh Koratana tells TechCrunch this is key as AI agents crank out way more code than humans ever did—making manual bug checks impossible at scale.
Koratana built PlayerZero at Stanford’s DAWN lab under Matei Zaharia, Databricks co-founder. Zaharia joined as an angel investor, along with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, Figma CEO Dylan Field, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. 
The startup’s AI studies entire enterprise code bases, including bug histories and fixes. It acts like an immune system, spotting what breaks, why, and then fixing it while learning to prevent repeats.
Koratana recalled Rauch’s reaction after seeing a real demo running in production.
“If you can actually solve this the way that you’re imagining, it’s a really big deal.”
PlayerZero isn’t alone. Anysphere-owned Cursor launched Bugbot last week for bug detection. But PlayerZero’s focus on giant code bases has landed marquee clients like Zuora, using the tech to protect its core billing systems.
The $15M round was led by Foundation Capital’s Ashu Garg, known for backing Databricks early.
AI code generation is growing fast, but so are AI bugs. PlayerZero hopes to stop those glitches before they go live.
