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Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.

Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:08 PM

Worth a meetingEvidence-bound analyst verdict
  • •Funding: Raised $3M across 1 funding round. Latest: $3M Seed (Feb 2026). Investors: Y Combinator, Xeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Transpose Platform Management, Formosa Capital, WeFunder, Benjamin Bryant, Kevin Moore.
  • •Named backers in indexed sources: Y Combinator, Xeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Transpose Platform Management.
  • •Product/news: 1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings

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  • →Open roles appearing would signal burn capacity and growth intent.

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TL;DR

Seed

Trace Context layer for AI at work.

Funding

Raised $3M across 1 funding round. Latest: $3M Seed (Feb 2026). Investors: Y Combinator, Xeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Transpose Platform Management, Formosa Capital, WeFunder, Benjamin Bryant, Kevin Moore. (High).

Quick read

  • •Trace Context layer for AI at work.
  • •Reported angle: Trace | Y Combinator

Key signals

Funding

Raised $3M across 1 funding round. Latest: $3M Seed (Feb 2026). Investors: Y Combinator, Xeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Transpose Platform Management, Formosa Capital, WeFunder, Benjamin Bryant, Kevin Moore. (High).

Product / news

1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).

Evidence summary

Verified facts

  • •Trace Context layer for AI at work.
  • •Reported angle: Trace | Y Combinator

Recent movers

  • •May 20, 2026 · trace.so — Trace raised $3M to build the context layer for AI at work
  • •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Trace | Y Combinator
  • •May 20, 2026 · trace.so — Trace raised $3M to build the context layer for AI at work
  • •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Trace | Y Combinator
  • •Y Combinator
  • •Xeno Ventures
  • •Goodwater Capital
  • •Transpose Platform Management
  • •Formosa Capital
  • •WeFunder
  • •Benjamin Bryant
  • •Kevin Moore

Suggested next steps

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  • ▸Add to the active watchlist so new signals trigger alerts.

Funding & hiring signals

fundingConfidence: medium

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/

Affected score: noObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $3M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round

Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/aiming-to-accelerate-product-design-with-ai-trace-space-raises-a-seed-round/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Round: seed round
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets

Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/23/trace-announces-8m-seed-to-help-companies-coordinate-budgets/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Round: seedAmount: $8M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: low

Trace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers

Trace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/09/trace-tracker/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026

Weak funding evidence: mention does not include a parsed raise amount/round and may refer to non-funding context.

fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M

Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/05/africa-roundup-partech-ventures-launches-70m-fund-tpg-growth-acquires-trace-rensource-raises-3-5m/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $70M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Tracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack

Tracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack http://www.tracelytics.com/blog/trace-everything-behind-the-tracelytics-series-a-funding/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $5.2M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Trace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today

Trace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/trace-genomics-launches-a-23andme-for-farms-raises-4-million-to-improve-the-worlds-food-supply/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Round: SeedAmount: $4M
funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high

Trace raised $3M to build the context layer for AI at work

Seed round to build organizational context graph and workflow orchestration for enterprise AI agents; YC S25.

Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: SeedAmount: $3M
raisedseed

Open roles (indexed)

No open roles indexed yet.

Public index
191Activity 78/100Elevated public activity signal
7D+7 (+3.8%)
30D+57 (+42.5%)
Needs Review

The index price and activity score are algorithmic estimates based on observed public company-level signals. They may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and are not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.

Source health

  • public_page:homeok
    Last checked Thu, Jul 2, 03:22 PM
  • githubok
    Last checked Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM
  • socialok
    Last checked Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM

    Trace:reddit_credentials_not_configured

  • fundingok
    Last checked Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM

    discovery:google:HTTP 403

  • public_market_enrichmentok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:30 AM
  • public_page:_blog_trace-raised-dollar3m-to-build-the-context-layer-for-ai-at-workok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:30 AM
  • public_page:_ok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:30 AM

Signal timeline

19 dated public signals · newest on the right

Funding
Code
Press
Social
Company
Other
Feb 2, 2013Jan 20, 2020Jan 7, 2027
Funding (8)Code (5)Press (1)Social (2)Company (1)Other (2)

Signal breakdown

Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.

Public source summary

Total evidence rows
19
Latest evidence
Thu, Jul 2, 03:22 PM

Source types found

fundingfunding_articlegithubofficial_siteotherpresssocial

Strongest / recent news-style rows

  • Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise

    techcrunch · Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · confidence 98%high quality

  • Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round

    techcrunch · Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · confidence 98%high quality

  • Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets

    techcrunch · Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · confidence 98%high quality

Public signal timeline

Newest first · 19 event(s)

1
Thu, Jul 2, 03:22 PM · official_site · 90% · publichigh qualityTrace

Source: Homepage

AI orchestration layer for modern teams

Source ↗
2
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityTrace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise

Source: techcrunch

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/

Source ↗
3
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityAiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round

Source: techcrunch

Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/aiming-to-accelerate-product-design-with-ai-trace-space-raises-a-seed-round/

Source ↗
4
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityTrace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets

Source: techcrunch

Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/23/trace-announces-8m-seed-to-help-companies-coordinate-budgets/

Source ↗
5
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityTrace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers

Source: techcrunch

Trace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/09/trace-tracker/

Source ↗
6
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityAfrica Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M

Source: techcrunch

Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/05/africa-roundup-partech-ventures-launches-70m-fund-tpg-growth-acquires-trace-rensource-raises-3-5m/

Source ↗
7
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityTracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack

Source: hn_algolia

Tracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack http://www.tracelytics.com/blog/trace-everything-behind-the-tracelytics-series-a-funding/

Source ↗
8
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityTrace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today

Source: hn_algolia

Trace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/trace-genomics-launches-a-23andme-for-farms-raises-4-million-to-improve-the-worlds-food-supply/

Source ↗
9
Wed, May 20, 06:08 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh qualityTrace | Y Combinator

Summer 2025 batch; most upvoted company in batch per Trace blog.

Source ↗
10
Wed, May 20, 06:08 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh qualityTrace raised $3M to build the context layer for AI at work

Seed round to build organizational context graph and workflow orchestration for enterprise AI agents; YC S25.

Source ↗
11
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium quality@types/stack-trace

Source: npm_registry

TypeScript definitions for stack-trace

Source ↗
12
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium quality@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter

Source: npm_registry

OpenTelemetry Google Cloud Trace Exporter allows the user to send collected traces to Google Cloud Trace.

Source ↗
13
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium qualitychrome-trace-event

Source: npm_registry

A library to create a trace of your node app per Google's Trace Event format.

Source ↗
14
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium quality@jridgewell/trace-mapping

Source: npm_registry

Trace the original position through a source map

Source ↗
15
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium qualitytrace-event-lib

Source: npm_registry

A library to create a trace of your JS app per Google's Trace Event format.

Source ↗
16
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · social · 56% · publicmedium qualityShow HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

Source: hackernews

Source ↗
17
Mon, Jun 29, 12:17 AM · other · 50% · publicmedium qualityTrace

Source: wikipedia

Source ↗
18
Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM · social · 56% · publiclow qualityShow HN: MAVS-GC – An Open-Source Governance Architecture for AI Systems

Source: hackernews

Source ↗
19
Mon, Jun 29, 12:17 AM · other · 50% · publiclow qualityTraci Lords

Source: wikipedia

Source ↗

Official / company site

1 row(s)

The company's own site — the authoritative description of what they sell and to whom. Marketing-controlled, so treat claims as positioning rather than verified traction.

official_site·Thu, Jul 2, 03:22 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Trace

AI orchestration layer for modern teams

Why it matters: Primary source — the company's own positioning; best read for what they sell and to whom, not for traction claims.

Open source ↗

News

3 row(s)

Third-party press coverage. Independent reporting corroborates company claims; repeated coverage across outlets is a momentum signal.

press·Wed, May 20, 06:08 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Trace | Y Combinator

Summer 2025 batch; most upvoted company in batch per Trace blog.

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗
other·Mon, Jun 29, 12:17 AM·Confidence 50%medium qualitypublic
Trace

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗
other·Mon, Jun 29, 12:17 AM·Confidence 50%low qualitypublic
Traci Lords

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗

Funding / news

8 row(s)

Funding announcements and investor-database records. The strongest public signal of capitalization: round, amount, and syndicate quality when disclosed.

funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise

Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/

Why it matters: Funding signal — seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round

Aiming to accelerate product design with AI, Trace.Space raises a seed round https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/aiming-to-accelerate-product-design-with-ai-trace-space-raises-a-seed-round/

Why it matters: Funding signal — seed round per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets

Trace announces $8M seed to help companies coordinate budgets https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/23/trace-announces-8m-seed-to-help-companies-coordinate-budgets/

Why it matters: Funding signal — seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Trace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers

Trace Is An Action Sports Motion Tracker Plus App For Quantified-Self Surfers, Skaters, Skiers https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/09/trace-tracker/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M

Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/05/africa-roundup-partech-ventures-launches-70m-fund-tpg-growth-acquires-trace-rensource-raises-3-5m/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Tracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack

Tracelytics Raises $5.2M To Trace Application Stack http://www.tracelytics.com/blog/trace-everything-behind-the-tracelytics-series-a-funding/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Trace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today

Trace Genomics (“23andMe for Farms”) raises $4M in seed funding and launches today https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/13/trace-genomics-launches-a-23andme-for-farms-raises-4-million-to-improve-the-worlds-food-supply/

Why it matters: Funding signal — Seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:08 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Trace raised $3M to build the context layer for AI at work

Seed round to build organizational context graph and workflow orchestration for enterprise AI agents; YC S25.

Why it matters: Funding signal — Seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗

GitHub

5 row(s)

Public engineering activity. Sustained commits, releases, and stars indicate real product development and, for dev tools, developer adoption.

github·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
@types/stack-trace

TypeScript definitions for stack-trace

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter

OpenTelemetry Google Cloud Trace Exporter allows the user to send collected traces to Google Cloud Trace.

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
chrome-trace-event

A library to create a trace of your node app per Google's Trace Event format.

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
@jridgewell/trace-mapping

Trace the original position through a source map

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
trace-event-lib

A library to create a trace of your JS app per Google's Trace Event format.

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗

Social

2 row(s)

Social presence and mentions. A soft signal — useful for gauging attention and launch reception, not a substitute for verified traction.

social·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 56%medium qualitypublic
Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

Why it matters: Attention signal — social mention or presence; soft signal of market interest.

Open source ↗
social·Mon, Jun 29, 12:18 AM·Confidence 56%low qualitypublic
Show HN: MAVS-GC – An Open-Source Governance Architecture for AI Systems

Why it matters: Attention signal — social mention or presence; soft signal of market interest.

Open source ↗

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