Macroscope
Macroscope is an AI-powered understanding engine for software development teams that provides real-time visibility into codebases, finds and fixes bugs automatically, and eliminates status meetings by synthesizing development activity into actionable insights.
Founding Story
Macroscope was founded in July 2023 by three former Twitter executives who experienced firsthand the challenges of understanding software development at scale. Kayvon Beykpour noted that as Twitter's head of product, 'So much of my job was just understanding what the hell was happening' with opaqueness around progress and what engineers were working on. With AI-assisted coding agents creating exponentially more code while humans review less of it, the founders saw an opportunity to solve the longstanding problem of visibility and understanding in software development. They brought together their combined experience from building and scaling Periscope, Magic Pony, and Raspberry Pi to create an AI-powered system that eliminates status meetings and provides real-time codebase understanding.
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Leadership
Founders
Kayvon Beykpour
Co-founder and CEO of Periscope (acquired by Twitter in 2015 for ~$100M). Served as Twitter's Head of Consumer Product and Engineering from 2017-2022. Holds a BS in Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction) from Stanford University (2006-2010). Previously worked as an intern at Autodesk and was an Apple student evangelist at Stanford.
Joe Bernstein
Co-founder of Periscope (acquired by Twitter in 2015). Co-founder of Terriblyclever. Childhood friend of Kayvon Beykpour. Worked at Twitter following the Periscope acquisition.
Rob Bishop
Co-founder of Magic Pony Technology (ML/computer vision startup acquired by Twitter in 2016 for $150M). First engineering employee at Raspberry Pi. Holds a First Class Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Imperial College.
Executive Team
Kayvon Beykpour
Co-founder & CEO
Former Twitter Head of Consumer Product and Engineering (2017-2022), Co-founder of Periscope
Joe Bernstein
Co-founder
Co-founder of Periscope, Co-founder of Terriblyclever
Business Model
Revenue Model
Usage-based subscription model charging per active developer per month, with included usage credits for commit processing and code reviews
Pricing Tiers
5 seat minimum. Includes usage credits equal to monthly subscription cost ($0.05 per commit, $0.35 per code review). Features: AI code review, PR/commit/project summaries, team productivity stats, Slack/Linear/JIRA integrations, Q&A with codebase, 2-week free trial, Slack support
Everything in Teams plus: custom contracts & DPA, identity provider integration, priority support. Contact: enterprise@macroscope.com
Available at no cost for non-commercial open source projects
Target Markets
- Software development teams
- Startups and high-growth technology companies
- Engineering organizations
- Product development teams
- AI-native companies
- Open source projects
- Finding and fixing bugs in pull requests before production
- Eliminating status update meetings
- Automated code review for faster PR merges
- Understanding codebase changes without distracting engineers
- Onboarding new engineers to complex codebases
- Debugging and code research
- A24 Labs
- Class.com
- Seed Health
- XMTP Labs
History & Milestones
Closed $30 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Official public launch and announcement of Series A funding; came out of private beta
Released Macroscope v2 Code Review powered by Claude Opus 4.5 with 40% higher recall
Launched 'Fix It For Me' feature allowing AI to directly fix issues via PR
Company founded by Kayvon Beykpour, Joe Bernstein, and Rob Bishop
1 AI Tool by Macroscope
Macroscope
4moMacroscope analyzes codebases to summarize activity, generate PR descriptions, and surface high-signal code-review findings so engineering teams can find bugs and ship faster.
