# Peter Doyle

> Peter Doyle is Co-Founder and CEO of Treeline, a San Francisco-based startup reimagining corporate IT operations through AI and software automation. A decade-long venture capitalist at Accel who backed companies like PagerDuty, Heptio, and ServiceChannel, Doyle made the leap to operator in 2024. Treeline - backed by $25 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz - is building what Doyle calls a 'modern IT operating system': an AI-first alternative to the legacy managed service provider model that still powers most of the world's corporate IT infrastructure.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Treeline
- **Organizations:** Treeline, Accel
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Minor in Physics), Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Raised $25 million Series A from Andreessen Horowitz in March 2026 to reinvent the managed IT services industry, Built Treeline's AI platform to handle 98% of customer IT support requests automatically, Reduced employee IT onboarding time from 20 minutes to 2 minutes (10x improvement)

## Career timeline

- **~2015** — Joined Accel as venture investor focused on enterprise software, infrastructure, and security
- **2015-2024** — Spent approximately a decade at Accel, backing companies including PagerDuty, Heptio, Algolia, BrowserStack, XebiaLabs, and ServiceChannel
- **2024** — Co-founded Treeline with Hussain Kader to build an AI-native managed IT services platform
- **2024** — Within first 10 days of launch, pivoted strategy after realizing the IT industry needed fundamental transformation, not just better tools
- **2026-03** — Treeline raised $25 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; company grew to 26 employees
- **2026-04** — Featured on AI + a16z podcast discussing the $100B MSP market and Treeline's model

## Achievements

- Raised $25 million Series A from Andreessen Horowitz in March 2026 to reinvent the managed IT services industry
- Built Treeline's AI platform to handle 98% of customer IT support requests automatically
- Reduced employee IT onboarding time from 20 minutes to 2 minutes (10x improvement)
- Reduced IT ticket error rates by 95% using AI automation
- Successfully transitioned from decade-long VC career at Accel to operating CEO
- Backed landmark enterprise tech companies at Accel including PagerDuty, Algolia, and BrowserStack
- Featured in Fortune exclusive on Treeline's funding and AI-driven IT vision (March 2026)

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Featured on the AI + a16z podcast discussing the evolution of the $100B MSP market and Treeline's AI-human hybrid model
- **2026-03** — Treeline raised $25 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz to scale its AI-powered IT services platform
- **2026-03** — Featured in Fortune exclusive article on Treeline's funding and vision for reinventing the IT services industry

## Links

- Website: https://treeline.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterwdoyle
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PeterdoyleX

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Last updated: 2026-05-13