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Outset - About the company

Outset is a series B company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2022 by Michael Hess, Molly Montgomery and Aaron Cannon. It operates as a Platform offering AI enabled product lifecycle management solution. Outset has raised $51.3M in funding from investors like 8VC, Radical Ventures and Adverb Ventures. The company has 364 active competitors, including 71 funded and 37 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like User Testing, dscout and Mixpanel.

Company Details

Platform offering AI enabled product lifecycle management solution. It offers a platform to create, manage, and collaborate on AI prompts and inject relevant context from the product. Its users can test prompts and models against real user data and test simulations at scale. The platform generates a feedback loop that allows users to provide their product feedback.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2022
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$51.3M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
Employee Count
72 as on Apr 30, 2026
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Outset's funding and investors

Outset has raised a total funding of $51.3M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2023. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Dec 10, 2025 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Outset has 11 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Outset:lockFilter this list
Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Dec 10, 2025
2411727
Series B
1272750
8912431
3669202
6383434
May 02, 2025
9305573
Series A
6072515
9627670
6401758
Oct 26, 2023
6610518
Seed
2609405
8807316
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Outset's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Outset are Michael Hess, Molly Montgomery and Aaron Cannon. Aaron Cannon is the CEO of Outset.
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Outset's employee count trend

Outset has 72 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Outset's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Outset
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Outset's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Outset include User Testing, dscout and Mixpanel. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Outset, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for User Testing
User Testing
2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired
Provider of platform for gathering and analyzing user experience feedback
$148M
79/100
2nd
Logo for dscout
dscout
2011, Chicago (United States), Series C
Provider of a platform for conducting and analyzing user experience research
$81M
70/100
3rd
Logo for Mixpanel
Mixpanel
2009, San Francisco (United States), Series C
Provides product analytics software for product teams
$277M
65/100
4th
Logo for PostHog
PostHog
2020, San Francisco (United States), Series E
Cloud based product analytics tools
$194M
63/100
5th
Logo for Kraftful
Kraftful
2019, San Francisco (United States), Acquired
AI based product feedback analytics platform
$5.15M
62/100
6th
Logo for ROI Hunter
ROI Hunter
2014, Brno (Czech Republic), Acquired
Cloud based ad campaign management and product feedback analytics tool
$5.17M
62/100
7th
Logo for unitQ
unitQ
2018, San Mateo (United States), Series B
Cloud and AI based user feedback analytics platform
$41M
60/100
8th
Logo for Outset
Outset
2022, San Francisco (United States), Series B
Platform offering AI enabled product lifecycle management solution
$51.3M
62/100
9th
Logo for Suzy
Suzy
2009, New York City (United States), Series D
Platform for customer targeting and feedback management solutions
$130M
59/100
10th
Logo for Enterpret
Enterpret
2020, San Francisco (United States), Series A
Provider of an AI platform unifying and understanding customer feedback
$25.1M
58/100
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Outset's Investments and acquisitions

Outset has made no investments or acquisitions yet.

News related to Outset

Media has covered Outset for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year.
Outset Secures $30 Million Series BVC News DailyDec 10, 2025Adverb Ventures, M12, Y Combinator, 8VC and 3 others
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