Nivara Catalyst Launches: AI Powered Engineering Intelligence Platform

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February 9, 2026

Nivara Catalyst recently launched!

Launch YC: Nivara Catalyst - AI powered Engineering Intelligence Platform

"Nivara gives engineering leaders visibility into how humans and AI are building together - measuring throughput, quality, and ROI across the modern software org."

TL;DR: Nivara is an AI-powered Engineering Intelligence platform that gives engineering leaders visibility into how humans and AI are building together, measuring throughput, quality, and ROI across the modern software organization.

Ask: Are you a CTO, VP, or Engineering Leader investing in AI productivity?

Book a demo -  the founders' would love to show you how Nivara Catalyst can help your team operate faster, healthier, and more efficiently.

Founded by Tejas Agarwal & Pankaj Mishra

👬 The Team

Tejas (CEO)  - ex-Uber infrastructure engineer. He built real-time product metrics for 6M+ Uber drivers, scaling systems serving 150M+ users, and developed Uber’s open-source API Gateway, Zanzibar, handling 1M requests per second.

Pankaj (CTO) - ex Uber platform engineer. He has worked on the Uber for Business & Fulfillment platform teams. He was one of the 7 people from all of India hired by Uber to directly join the San Francisco office. He is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur.

They worked together at Uber for over two years building and scaling core platforms side by side.

❌ The Problem

AI has entered engineering at scale. There are now hundreds of tools across the engineering lifecycle - from Cursor, Claude, Codex for coding to Greptile, CodeRabbit for review, and more emerging every week.

But the reality?

  • Traditional developer metrics like PR counts and number of code reviews don’t tell the story anymore.
  • Engineering orgs are becoming AI–human hybrid systems, yet leaders can’t measure impact, quality, or ROI.
  • Even worse - if teams aren’t aligned to org OKRs, none of these tools matter. Misalignment between goals and execution kills impact.

At companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft, 30%+ of code is now AI-generated, yet few organizations have visibility into which systems are actually driving outcomes.

🤖 The Solution: Nivara Catalyst - The AI Engineering Intelligence Platform

Catalyst provides visibility into how humans and AI are building together. It helps engineering leaders understand:

  • Which systems and models drive the most ROI 💰
  • How AI adoption affects throughput, quality, and velocity 📈
  • Where organizational bottlenecks exist ⚙️

Catalyst learns your product and engineering signals - from incidents and bug rates to resolution times, and ties them back to your organization OKRs.

It helps you:

  • Identify AI champions and benchmark best practices across the industry 🏆
  • Understand total AI spend and map it to business outcomes.
  • Spot misalignment before it slows your org down.

As AI adoption grows, Catalyst becomes your intelligence layer - the system of record for how your organization performs in the AI era.

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🌍 The Vision

The Nivara founders' are building toward a future where every organization runs on an AI Resource Manager, measuring not just output, but impact.

Learn More

🌐 Visit getnivara.com to learn more.
🤝 If you’re a CTO, VP, or Engineering Leader exploring:

• How AI impacts your team’s productivity
• Which systems deliver ROI
• Or how to align AI adoption with your team’s OKRs

🤙 The founders' would love to chat.

📣 Or share this post with an engineering leader who cares about team health, speed, and ROI.
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