Company record
Respan
Updated November 9, 2026 · Presspool
Respan runs an AI gateway and observability platform that routes model calls through one API and traces, monitors and evaluates AI agent runs. respan.ai
Funding
- $5 million Seed, announced March 18, 2026. Led by Gradient Ventures. Sources: Respan, SiliconANGLE.
Whether AI names Respan
- On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 0 of 46 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 6). See the map. AI named or cited 29 of the 54 companies on the map in that sample; Respan was not one of them. AI names these companies most on AI infrastructure questions: Together AI (17 of 46), Crusoe (14 of 46), Lambda (14 of 46), Fireworks AI (13 of 46) and Modal (13 of 46).
- Machine Relations Index: Cited in 18 of 35,834 Index answers, May 10, 2026 to November 9, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Respan in each weekly sample of Presspool's AI infrastructure questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week. Copilot answers count through November 2, 2026, the last day Copilot answered. Copilot is no longer asked, so later weeks are not counted on the same apps as earlier ones.
| Week of | AI infrastructure |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | 0 of 39 |
| October 5, 2026 | 0 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 0 of 50 |
| October 19, 2026 | 0 of 56 |
| October 26, 2026 | 1 of 53 |
| November 2, 2026 | 1 of 50 |
| November 9, 2026 | 0 of 46 |
Related records
Also on the AI infrastructure map: Arcade, Baseten, Braintrust, Clockwork.io, Crusoe, Daytona, DeepInfra, Encord, Exa, fal, Fiddler AI, Firecrawl and 41 more on the map.
Gradient Ventures, which led this round, also led Collective ($40 million Series B, October 29, 2026) and Feather ($7.6 million Pre-seed, September 24, 2026).