# Zubin Koticha

> Zubin Koticha is the CEO and cofounder of Raindrop, a San Francisco startup building observability and alerting for AI agents, often described as 'Sentry for AI.' Before Raindrop, he cofounded Opyn, the DeFi options platform that pioneered the power perpetual (Squeeth), crossed $15B+ in volume, and was acquired by Coinbase. A UC Berkeley alum who taught himself to code there, he pairs a fascination with esoteric financial derivatives with bachata, deadlifting, and obscure geography trivia.

- **Role:** CEO and Cofounder at Raindrop
- **Organizations:** Raindrop, Opyn, Coinbase, Blockchain at Berkeley, ThunderCore
- **From:** New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate (learned to code here), UC Berkeley
- **Known for:** Cofounded Opyn, which reached $15B+ in DeFi options volume and was acquired by Coinbase, Helped pioneer the power perpetual asset class (Squeeth), Cofounded Raindrop, an AI observability platform backed by a $15M seed round led by Lightspeed

## Career timeline

- **early** — Studied at UC Berkeley, taught himself to code, and got involved in Blockchain at Berkeley
- **early** — Early leadership roles in blockchain, including work associated with ThunderCore
- **2020** — Cofounded Opyn, a DeFi options platform, with Alexis Gauba
- **2022** — Opyn launched Squeeth, the first power perpetual, giving traders exposure to ETH-squared
- **2023** — Cofounded Raindrop with Alexis Gauba and Ben Hylak in San Francisco
- **2024** — Raindrop joined Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch
- **2024-2025** — Opyn acquired by Coinbase
- **2025** — Raindrop raised $15M seed led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (announced Dec 2025)

## Achievements

- Cofounded Opyn, which reached $15B+ in DeFi options volume and was acquired by Coinbase
- Helped pioneer the power perpetual asset class (Squeeth)
- Cofounded Raindrop, an AI observability platform backed by a $15M seed round led by Lightspeed
- Got Raindrop into Y Combinator (W24)

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Raindrop announced a $15M seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to detect critical AI agent failures.

## Links

- Website: https://raindrop.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zkoticha
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/snarkyzk

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Last updated: 2026-06-08