When was Comet founded?

Comet was founded in 2017 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Comet located?

Comet is headquartered in New York City, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Comet?

Gideon Mendels of Comet. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Comet have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Comet is 102.

Is Comet a funded company?

Comet is a funded company, having raised a total of $63M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2017.

When was the latest funding round of Comet?

Comet's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Nov 18, 2021, with participation from 4 investors.

Where does Comet rank among its competitors?

Comet ranks 4th amongst 67 active competitors, of which 14 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Fiddler Labs, which secured $30M in Jan, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Comet?

Comet's top competitors include Nota, Fiddler Labs and Arize AI. Among them, Fiddler Labs secured the most recent funding round in January, 2026.

Comet - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Comet is a series B company based in New York City (United States), founded in 2017 by Nimrod Lahav and Gideon Mendels. It operates as an AI and SaaS-based ML solutions. Comet has raised $63M in funding from investors like OpenView, Techstars and Scale Venture Partners. The company has 67 active competitors, including 14 funded and 6 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Nota, Fiddler Labs and Arize AI.

Company Details

AI and SaaS-based ML solutions. The platform provides tools to AI practitioners and teams to build machine learning models for applications by streamlining and connecting the machine learning model. Its users can employ machine learning experiment tracking to track, compare, explain and reproduce their models.

Website: www.comet.com/site/
Social
Email ID: *****@comet.ml

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2017

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$63M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Nov 18, 2021, $*****

Investors

OpenView & 7 more

Ranked

4^th among 67 active competitors

Employee Count

102 as on Mar 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Stakion

Similar Companies

Nota & 144 more

View Comet's full profile

Comet is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
COMET ML, INC. CIN: -6419862 , United States, Active	May 22, 2017	-	-	-
Comet Ml, Inc. CIN: 5144188 , United States, Active	May 26, 2017	-	-	-

Comet has raised a total funding of $63M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Nov 18, 2021 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Comet has 8 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Comet:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 18, 2021	9732472	Series B	7803891	4228602	4226903	9917998
Apr 08, 2021	7490468	Series A	8341468	8850749	9026097	Trilogy Equity Partners & 1 more
2017	6757	Seed	2675	9489	Techstars	6164

Access funding benchmarks and valuations. Sign up today!

View details of Comet's funding rounds and investors

The founders of Comet are Nimrod Lahav and Gideon Mendels. Gideon Mendels is the CEO of Comet.

Here are the details of Comet's key team members:

Nimrod Lahav: Co-Founder of Comet.
Gideon Mendels: Co-Founder & CEO of Comet.
Contact Info: 1 email address

View details of Comet's Founder profiles and Board Members

Comet's employee count trend

Comet has 102 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Comet's employee count trend over the years:

Uncover Comet's growth story! Sign up today!

Access Tracxn on any website

Our Google Chrome extension lets you view company details while browsing their websites

Install Tracxn Extension

Top competitors of Comet include Nota, Fiddler Labs and Arize AI. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Comet, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Nota 2015, Seoul (South Korea), Public	Developer of AI optimization solutions for on-device and edge computing	$63.1M	LB Investment, Kakao & 17 others	68/100
2nd	Fiddler Labs 2018, Palo Alto (United States), Series C	Developer of AI observability platform for monitoring, explainability, and responsible AI	$100M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight Partners ... & 24 others	65/100
3rd	Arize AI 2020, Berkeley (United States), Series C	Provider of AI and SaaS-based ML model observability platform	$131M	TCV, Adams Street Partners & 13 others	63/100
4th	Comet 2017, New York City (United States), Series B	AI and SaaS-based ML solutions	$63M	OpenView, Salica Investments & 6 others	63/100
5th	TruEra 2019, Redwood City (United States), Acquired	Platform offers tools for monitoring machine learning models	$42.3M	Menlo Ventures, Wing Venture Capital & 8 others	58/100
6th	Why Labs 2019, Seattle (United States), Acquired	Provider of an AI analysis platform for ML models	$14M	AI Fund, Madrona & 5 others	55/100
7th	Seldon 2011, Shoreditch (United Kingdom), Series B	Open source framework for deploying ML models	$39.1M	AlbionVC, Bright Pixel Capital & 26 others	54/100
8th	Galileo 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Provider of AI observability and evaluation platform for AI systems	$68.1M	Scale Venture Partners, FactoryHQ & 15 others	51/100
9th	Qwak 2020, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Provider of a platform for developing, deploying, managing, and monitoring AI	$31M	Leaders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners & 6 others	45/100
10th	p2p-group.com 2022, Public	Developer of an AI-powered API for movement and location monitoring	-	-	45/100