Where is Kernel located?

Kernel is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Kernel?

Catherine Jue of Kernel. They have also founded 3 companies.

Is Kernel a funded company?

Kernel is a funded company, having raised a total of $22M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round.

When was the latest funding round of Kernel?

Kernel's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Oct 15, 2025, with participation from 11 investors.

Where does Kernel rank among its competitors?

Kernel ranks 3rd amongst 12 active competitors, of which 2 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Kernel, which secured $22M in Oct, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Kernel?

Kernel's top competitors include Visualping, Wachete and Visualobserver. Among them, Kernel secured the most recent funding round in October, 2025.

Kernel - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Kernel is a series A company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2025 by Catherine Jue. It operates as a Provider of AI driven web‑interaction workflows. Kernel has raised $22M in funding from Accel. The company has 12 active competitors, including 2 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like Visualping, Wachete and Visualobserver.

Company Details

Provider of AI driven web‑interaction workflows. The platform offering browser infrastructure for web agents and automations, providing features such as anti-bot detection, reusable sessions, and autoscaling browsers. It provides managed, isolated browser sessions that AI tools can drive programmatically to scrape, automate, or interact with websites.

Website: www.kernel.sh/
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Email ID: *****@kernel.sh

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2025

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$22M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Oct 15, 2025, $*****

Investors

Accel & 10 more

Ranked

3^rd among 12 active competitors

Similar Companies

Visualping & 11 more

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Kernel has raised a total funding of $22M over 2 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 15, 2025 for $*****. 11 investors participated in its latest round. Kernel has 6 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kernel:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 15, 2025	5910505	Series A	8491843	5681438	7023681	9050112

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The founders of Kernel is Catherine Jue. Catherine Jue is the CEO of Kernel.

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

Catherine Jue: Co-Founder & CEO of Kernel and founder of 2 other companies, Kernel and Hako.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Top competitors of Kernel include Visualping, Wachete and Visualobserver. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kernel, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Visualping 2014, Vancouver (Canada), Series A	Cloud based platform offering website change monitoring tool	$8.5M	FUSE, Wellfound & 3 others	41/100
2nd	Wachete 2014, Prague (Czech Republic), Unfunded	Online platform to monitor websites	-	-	39/100
3rd	Kernel 2025, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of AI driven web‑interaction workflows	$22M	SV Angel, Refinery & 9 others	38/100
4th	Visualobserver 2015, Brooklyn (United States), Unfunded	Visual website monitoring & competitor profiling - Visualobserver	-	-	24/100
5th	Urlooker 2016, Houston (United States), Unfunded	Web pages changes monitoring software	-	-	24/100
6th	Proovy 2011, Berlin (Germany), Unfunded	Cloud-based IT website change detection solution provider	-	-	22/100
7th	Pagescreen 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria), Unfunded	Website change monitoring solution provider	-	-	22/100
8th	Trackly 2016, Exeter (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Web page change detection platform	-	-	20/100
9th	Fox and Geese 2005, Portland (United States), Acquired	Website change detection tool	-	-	20/100
10th	ChangeTower 2016, Chicago (United States), Unfunded	Website change monitoring, alerts, and archiving for content and security	-	-	18/100