# Brian Rue

> Brian Rue is the CEO and Co-founder of Rollbar, a San Francisco-based SaaS platform that helps engineering teams track, prioritize, and fix software errors in real time. Founded in 2012 with co-founder Cory Virok after both left Lolapps, Rollbar has grown into a leading developer tool used by 100,000+ developers at 4,000+ companies including Salesforce, Twilio, Uber, and Duolingo. With $18.4M in funding and a mission of 'Continuous Code Improvement', Brian brings a decade of founder experience and a Stanford engineering background to building tools that close the gap between shipping code and fixing it.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Rollbar
- **Organizations:** Rollbar, Lolapps, 6waves Lolapps, Rebel Books
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Management Science and Engineering, minor in Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Rollbar in 2012, growing it to 100,000+ developers and 4,000+ enterprise customers, Raised $18.44M in total funding including $11M Series B from Runa Capital in March 2020, Built Rollbar to $12.5M annual revenue with only 35 employees - exceptional capital efficiency

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Co-founded Rebel Books
- **2007** — Co-founded Lolapps, a Facebook social gaming publisher, as CTO
- **2008** — Graduated Stanford University with B.S. in Management Science and Engineering
- **2011** — Became CTO of 6waves Lolapps after merger
- **2012-03** — Left 6waves Lolapps following merger integration
- **2012-05** — Began building what would become Rollbar (initially Ratchet.io) with co-founder Cory Virok
- **2013-02** — Rollbar featured on TechCrunch as former Lolapps engineers launch error-tracking platform
- **2016** — Featured on Software Engineering Daily podcast discussing distributed systems and exception monitoring
- **2020-03** — Closed $11M Series B led by Runa Capital; COVID-19 pandemic began weeks later
- **2024** — Rollbar named Leader in G2 Winter 2024 Grid Reports for Bug Tracking and Exception Monitoring
- **2025** — Set and achieved goal to deploy agentic AI systems into Rollbar's production environment by mid-2025

## Achievements

- Co-founded Rollbar in 2012, growing it to 100,000+ developers and 4,000+ enterprise customers
- Raised $18.44M in total funding including $11M Series B from Runa Capital in March 2020
- Built Rollbar to $12.5M annual revenue with only 35 employees - exceptional capital efficiency
- Served customers including Salesforce, Twilio, Uber, Instacart, Twitch, Kayak, and Duolingo
- Previously served as CTO of Lolapps, a leading independent social games publisher on Facebook
- Pioneered the 'Continuous Code Improvement' category in developer tools
- Named Leader in G2's Winter 2024 Grid Reports for both Bug Tracking and Exception Monitoring
- Deployed agentic AI systems into Rollbar's production environment by mid-2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Rollbar deploying agentic AI systems into production environment, goal achieved by mid-2025
- **2024-01** — Rollbar named Leader in G2 Winter 2024 Grid Reports for Bug Tracking and Exception Monitoring
- **2020-03** — Closed $11M Series B funding led by Runa Capital with participation from Long Light Capital and Blossom Street Ventures

## Links

- Website: https://rollbar.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianrue/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/brianrue
- GitHub: https://github.com/brianr
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/rollbarinc

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Last updated: 2026-05-14