Ciroos, a leader in AI-driven operational systems, has raised $21 million in a funding round led by Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP). The funding will support the deployment of the first extensible AI-powered Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Assistant designed to streamline operations across various enterprise domains. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Ciroos aims to significantly cut incident response times, by as much as 90%, and alleviate the burden on DevOps and SRE teams.
As enterprise infrastructures grow more complex and span multiple operational areas, traditional tools and practices often fall short. Teams frequently encounter difficulties identifying the root causes of issues, even when mobilizing large groups of experienced professionals. Much of this challenge stems from outdated operational models reliant on static runbooks and fragmented toolchains. Additionally, while generative AI is boosting developer efficiency, it’s also increasing pressure on operational staff who must keep up with accelerated release cycles and system complexity.
Ciroos addresses these pain points with its AI-powered SRE Assistant, a proactive tool capable of initiating anomaly investigations before human intervention is required. The Assistant emulates expert reasoning, scanning across domain boundaries to assess systems holistically. Powered by the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent 2 Agent (A2A) frameworks, it integrates easily with third-party AI agents and existing enterprise tools, ranging from observability platforms to collaboration and ticketing systems. Teams retain full control, determining how much automation or augmentation they want to incorporate.
“SRE teams face relentless pressure, from late-night pages to repetitive diagnostics,” said Ronak Desai, co-founder and CEO of Ciroos. “We built our AI assistant to eliminate that grind. It equips engineers to act faster, reduce noise, and regain time to focus on building resilient systems at scale.”
Ciroos was founded in early 2025 by industry veterans Ronak Desai, Amit Patel, and Ananda Rajagopal. Collectively, they bring decades of experience from companies like Cisco, AWS, and Gigamon and hold over 80 patents in areas including cloud computing, distributed systems, AI, and security. The fresh funding will be used to grow the go-to-market team and speed up enterprise adoption of the SRE Assistant. The company is actively hiring across engineering and commercial roles.
“Ciroos is positioned to deliver immediate value in a rapidly evolving field,” noted Shawn Cherian, partner at EIP. “Their combination of on-the-ground insight and enterprise-scale vision makes them exceptionally well-suited to lead in AI-driven operations.”
