Faros AI

Faros AI: See What Your Engineering Org — and Its AI — Actually Delivers

Faros AI is an engineering intelligence platform that stitches together data from across the software development lifecycle — version control, issue tracking, CI/CD, incident management and more — into one operational picture for engineering leaders. With connectors for 100+ tools, it answers the questions that individual dashboards can't: where work stalls, how reliably teams ship, and what all that AI tooling spend is actually returning.

That last question has become Faros's signature. The company shipped AI impact analysis in October 2023, ahead of the market, and now offers token intelligence that traces AI spending to engineering outcomes — connecting copilot and agent usage to PR velocity, quality and delivery metrics using causal ML methods rather than raw activity counts. DORA metrics (including a newer rework-rate measure), developer experience surveys and R&D cost capitalization reporting round out the platform.

Key Features

• 100+ SDLC connectors — unify GitHub, Jira, CI/CD, incident and survey data into a single engineering data model
• DORA metrics — deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, plus rework-rate tracking
• AI adoption and impact analysis — token intelligence tying AI tool spend to productivity and quality outcomes
• Developer experience — unified surveys and telemetry to locate bottlenecks and friction
• Custom dashboards and automations — role-based views for VPs, directors and team leads
• Enterprise security — SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and CSA STAR certified

Ideal Use Case

Faros AI targets engineering organizations with hundreds to thousands of developers — CTOs and VPs of engineering who need defensible answers on delivery performance, AI ROI and where to invest. It's especially relevant for enterprises rolling out coding assistants and agents who must prove (or disprove) productivity gains to the CFO, and for finance-adjacent needs like automated R&D cost capitalization.

How Faros AI differentiates

Faros AI raised a $20 million Series A in June 2023 led by Lobby Capital with SignalFire, Operator Collective and Salesforce Ventures participating, bringing total funding to $36 million. Its customer list includes Autodesk, Coursera, SmartBear and Vimeo, and its published research spans 22,000 developers across 4,000 teams — depth of SDLC coverage that narrower Git/Jira analytics tools don't match.

FAQ

How much does Faros AI cost? Pricing is quote-based across Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate tiers; a demo request is required. There is no self-serve free tier for the main platform.

How does Faros measure AI's impact on engineering? It correlates AI tool usage and token spend with delivery outcomes — PR velocity, quality, lead time — using causal ML methods, not just adoption counts.

What are DORA metrics? Deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate and recovery time — the standard research-backed measures of delivery performance, which Faros tracks automatically.

Is Faros AI secure enough for large enterprises? Yes. It holds SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and CSA STAR certifications and offers SSO/SAML, advanced RBAC and hybrid connector options.

tl;dr

Faros AI gives engineering leaders one governed view of delivery performance, developer experience and AI ROI across 100+ tools — enterprise-grade, $36M-backed, and used by Autodesk, Coursera and Vimeo.

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