AI DevOps startup MyDecisive has officially launched with $12 million in new funding, introducing a platform designed to stabilize critical applications as enterprises rapidly deploy AI workloads into production. Founded in 2023 by enterprise infrastructure veteran Ari Zilka - who previously built Terracotta, architected the first version of Walmart.com, and led technology at Hortonworks - the company aims to drastically reduce the costs and complexities of managing observability data.
As human and AI developers continuously alter production systems, companies often lack the visibility required to govern these changes safely at scale. This leaves critical performance, security, and cost data unused until an incident forces a reactive response from engineering teams.
At the core of the launch is SmartHub, an open-source foundation built as a Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry-native self-managing cluster. Instead of shipping massive volumes of telemetry data to expensive third-party dashboards, SmartHub intercepts this data at the edge - directly inside a customer’s own cloud or on-premises systems.
Layered above this open-source base is Octant, MyDecisive’s newly available commercial suite. Octant introduces advanced governance, security controls, and automation features designed to be configured in a matter of hours. Features include:
- Automated runbook execution for rapid error management.
- Anomaly detection to identify system irregularities before they escalate.
- Cloud auto-scaling to dynamically adjust resources based on workload demands.
- Security log optimization to streamline data retention and analysis.
The company claims this combination can slash the total operating cost of production systems by nearly 90% while reducing time-to-value to a single day.
For the past three years, we have been quietly building the infrastructure that enterprises actually need, rather than the hype they’ve been sold.
- Ari Zilka, Founder, MyDecisive
The $12 million funding round was backed by Copper Sky Capital. According to Jason Pressman, a managing partner at the firm, the platform delivers an autonomous system capable of resolving errors and preventing outages before human intervention is even required. The software is already running active production workloads across the financial services, retail, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors.
The Shift Toward Edge-Based Telemetry
MyDecisive’s approach highlights a growing frustration within enterprise DevOps: the exorbitant cost of centralized observability. By intercepting telemetry data at the edge through SmartHub rather than exporting it to third-party dashboards, the company is directly challenging the pricing models of legacy monitoring giants. If the claim of a 90% reduction in operating costs holds true in broader deployments, this hybrid open-source and commercial model could force a market-wide recalibration of how AI workload data is managed.
Furthermore, rooting the system in Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry ensures that enterprises avoid vendor lock-in, a critical selling point as AI infrastructure continues to evolve rapidly. By proving its utility in highly regulated sectors like finance and healthcare right out of the gate, MyDecisive is positioning itself as a pragmatic, infrastructure-first solution in an AI market often dominated by theoretical capabilities.
