Fred Stevens-Smith is the British co-founder and CEO of Rainforest QA, a San Francisco-based no-code test automation platform that has run over 60 million software tests for more than 10,000 product teams. A Y Combinator W2012 alumnus who self-describes as 'pretty unemployable,' Fred pivoted from failed AWS analytics ideas to QA 30 days before Demo Day after cold-emailing his entire network and finding universal demand for better software testing. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Jason Lemkin, Marc Benioff, and Garry Tan, Rainforest QA has raised $42.3M and now leads the market in AI-powered, self-healing test automation.
Rainforest QA is an AI-powered, no-code software testing platform that helps product teams run regression and functional tests without building or maintaining brittle test frameworks. Founded in 2012 in San Francisco and backed by Y Combinator, the company has executed more than 42 million tests for over 10,000 startups and product teams.
Tamas Cser is the founder and CEO of Functionize, a San Francisco-based AI-powered test automation platform that has raised $60M+ and grown to $17.3M ARR. A former child violin prodigy who toured the world before pivoting to software, Cser spent nearly a decade running a consulting firm before founding Functionize in 2014 with a singular obsession: making enterprise software testing autonomous. Under his leadership, Functionize has grown to 120 employees, landed marquee customers including Salesforce, and logged over one billion agentic AI actions in 2024 alone.
Darwin Thangappan is the CEO and founder of ASIR Technologies, a bootstrapped enterprise technology company headquartered in Milpitas, California, with development operations in Bangalore, India. A mechanical engineering graduate turned software entrepreneur, Darwin spent nine years at Oracle building and managing JD Edwards EnterpriseOne before launching ASIR Technologies in 2014. Under his leadership, the company has grown to 75+ employees and developed ACRA Suite, a 100% no-code automation platform that slashes regression testing time by 60% across JD Edwards, Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP, and Salesforce environments. Honored by Marquis Who's Who in 2025 for excellence in technology and product development, Darwin also holds a U.S. patent for computer user interface technology.
Mathieu Planche is the CEO and Director of R&D at Witbe, a Paris-founded, publicly traded company (Euronext Growth) that builds AI-powered robots and platforms for video Quality of Experience monitoring and automated testing. Since taking the helm in 2019, he has steered Witbe through a rapid AI transformation - from hardware testing appliances to the industry's first agent-native video QA platform - serving 300+ broadcasters, OTT providers, and telecom operators across 120+ countries. A dual-degree engineer from CentraleSupélec and Georgia Tech, Planche rose through every rung of the Witbe ladder: consultant, UI designer, Americas ops manager, Chief Experience Officer, and Chief Product Officer before becoming CEO.
Rohan Marfatia is the CEO of DataCRaiM, Inc. (formerly Beround), a technology consulting firm specializing in Data, AI, and CRM solutions for equipment leasing, finance, and MedTech/healthcare sectors. With over 20 years of experience across India, the UK, the Netherlands, and the United States, he has built a career at the intersection of enterprise technology and human-centered leadership. A TEDx and keynote speaker, President of IAMCP Northern California, and a 2024 Fremont mayoral candidate, Marfatia is also running for Alameda County Supervisor in 2026. He holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an engineering degree from Sardar Patel University.
Sushil Kumar is CEO of Cyara, the AI-powered customer experience assurance platform trusted by global enterprises to test and monitor over 350 million customer interactions annually across 135+ countries. A builder with 25+ years scaling category-defining platforms, he co-founded RelicX.ai (acquired by Harness), scaled Oracle Enterprise Manager into a $1B+ business, and led CA Technologies' $500M AIOps division and Broadcom's $200M+ DevOps portfolio before taking the helm at Cyara in December 2025 to lead the next phase of AI-driven CX assurance.
Autosana AI is the first agentic QA platform for iOS, Android, and Web. Founded by Yuvan Sundrani and Jason Steinberg in June 2025 and backed by Y Combinator (S25 batch), Autosana replaces brittle test scripts with AI agents that navigate apps like real users, described in plain English. The company raised $3.2M in February 2026 from YC, Pioneer Fund, Phosphor Capital, DeVC, 468 Capital, and angels including Paul Graham. Revenue is growing 100%+ month over month, and the platform now protects apps serving over 100 million daily active users. The name comes from the Latin 'autosana' — to heal oneself — reflecting tests that evolve alongside the product rather than breaking on every UI change.