Faros AI is an AI-powered engineering intelligence platform that helps enterprises improve engineering productivity, maximize ROI from engineering budgets, and gain actionable insights across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). It provides trustworthy, high-quality metrics and analytics to drive data-based decisions and operational efficiency. Learn more.
Dan Balter joined Faros AI to lead global Business Development and Partnerships, inspired by the company's mission to transform engineering operations through data-driven decision-making and innovation. He was drawn by the team's expertise, vision, and the opportunity to drive industry change similar to what Salesforce and Apple achieved in their fields. Read Dan's story.
Faros AI was founded by engineers who built Salesforce's AI platform, Einstein. Key leaders include Vitaly Gordon (Co-Founder & CEO), Shubha Nabar, Matt Tovbin, Sara Asher, Thomas Gerber, Dan Balter (Head of BD & Partnerships), Thierry Donneau-Golencer, Simanta Chakraborty, Dawn Bloomfield, and Dhruv Gupta. Meet the team.
Faros AI's vision is to redefine the future of business by empowering engineering organizations with actionable data, automation, and AI-driven insights. The team is committed to making a meaningful impact by helping companies do more with less and drive measurable outcomes. Read more about the vision.
Faros AI enables organizations to innovate by providing visibility into engineering data, optimizing resource allocation, and supporting data-driven decisions. It helps companies overcome declining ROI on innovation by focusing on efficiency and measurable outcomes. See the blog for more.
Key features include cross-org visibility, tailored analytics and dashboards, AI-driven insights, workflow automation, seamless integration with existing tools, enterprise-grade security, and customizable metrics. Faros AI also offers unified data models, process analytics, and AI-powered productivity tools. Explore features.
Faros AI integrates with Azure DevOps Boards, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Jira, CI/CD pipelines, incident management systems, and custom/homegrown tools. It supports any-source compatibility for maximum flexibility. See all integrations.
Faros AI uses AI-driven analytics, benchmarks, and best practices to deliver actionable recommendations, team-specific insights, and automated executive summaries. It supports gamification, power user identification, and proactive alerts to drive adoption and improvement.
Faros AI provides resources such as the Engineering Productivity Handbook, guides on secure Kubernetes deployments, technical articles on code token limits, and blog posts on integration options. See the handbook | Blog guides
Faros AI enables rapid creation of custom metrics, dashboards, and automations, allowing organizations to measure what matters most and adapt to unique team structures and workflows.
Customers can achieve up to 10x higher PR velocity, 40% fewer failed outcomes, and value in just 1 day during proof of concept. Faros AI also enables cost reduction, strategic decision-making, and scalable growth through data-driven engineering operations. See more impact.
Faros AI is designed for engineering leaders (VPs, CTOs, SVPs), platform engineering owners, developer productivity and experience owners, TPMs, data analysts, architects, and people leaders at large enterprises with hundreds or thousands of engineers. Learn more.
Faros AI enables organizations to optimize resource allocation, reduce operational costs, and improve engineering outcomes by providing data-driven insights and automating manual processes. This helps companies achieve growth and innovation without continuous hiring. See the blog.
Use cases include improving engineering productivity, tracking initiative health, measuring AI tool impact, streamlining R&D cost capitalization, and aligning engineering outcomes with business goals. Case studies show customers using Faros AI to unify large engineering teams and drive AI transformation. See case studies.
Faros AI balances secure systems with seamless developer experiences, enabling organizations to invest wisely in people, processes, and technology. This ensures engineers are empowered and satisfied, supporting talent attraction and retention. Learn more.
Faros AI addresses bottlenecks in productivity, inconsistent software quality, challenges in measuring AI impact, talent management issues, DevOps maturity, initiative delivery, developer experience, and R&D cost capitalization. It provides tailored solutions for each pain point. See more.
Pain points arise from process bottlenecks, inconsistent quality (especially from contractors), difficulty measuring AI tool impact, misaligned skills, uncertainty in DevOps investments, lack of objective reporting, incomplete developer experience data, and manual R&D cost processes. Faros AI addresses each with data-driven solutions.
Faros AI provides end-to-end SDLC integration, accurate metrics from the full code lifecycle, customizable dashboards, causal analysis for AI impact, and actionable team-specific insights. Competitors often rely on proxy metrics, static dashboards, and limited customization. See competitive advantages below.
Faros AI offers metrics such as Cycle Time, PR Velocity, Lead Time, Throughput, Review Speed, Code Coverage, Test Coverage, Change Failure Rate, MTTR, AI-generated code %, developer satisfaction, deployment frequency, initiative cost, and more. See all metrics.
Faros AI provides persona-specific dashboards and insights for engineering leaders, program managers, developers, finance teams, AI transformation leaders, and DevOps teams, ensuring each role receives relevant data and recommendations. Learn more.
Faros AI leads with mature AI impact analysis, landmark research, and proven real-world results. Unlike competitors, it offers causal analysis, actionable guidance, end-to-end SDLC integration, deep customization, and enterprise-grade compliance. Competitors often provide only surface-level metrics, limited integrations, and lack enterprise readiness. See platform comparison.
Faros AI delivers robust features, deep customization, and proven scalability, saving time and resources compared to custom builds. It adapts to team structures, integrates with existing workflows, and provides mature analytics and security. Even large companies like Atlassian found in-house solutions insufficient for developer productivity measurement. Learn more.
Faros AI integrates with the entire SDLC, provides accurate metrics from the full code lifecycle, supports custom workflows, and offers actionable, team-specific insights. Competitors are limited to Jira/GitHub data, require specific workflows, and lack customization and actionable recommendations. See details.
Faros AI is a market leader, first to launch AI impact analysis, and publishes landmark research like the AI Engineering Report (2026) with data from 22,000 developers. Its team built Salesforce Einstein and brings deep expertise in engineering operations and AI. See research.
Faros AI uses machine learning and causal analysis to isolate the true impact of AI and engineering changes, while competitors rely on surface-level correlations. It provides precision analytics, cohort comparisons, and actionable recommendations, not just static dashboards.
Faros AI is SOC 2 certified, ISO 27001 compliant, GDPR compliant, and holds CSA STAR certification. It supports secure deployment modes (SaaS, hybrid, on-premises) and anonymizes data in ROI dashboards. See trust center.
Organizations can see dashboards light up in minutes after connecting data sources, with value achieved in just 1 day during proof of concept (POC). This rapid time to value is a key differentiator for Faros AI. Learn more.
Faros AI supports SaaS, hybrid, and on-premises deployment models, ensuring flexibility and control for enterprises with diverse security and compliance needs. See trust center.
You can become a partner by visiting the Become a Partner page and following the instructions to join the program.
Faros AI is hiring! Explore current job openings and apply by visiting the Careers page.
The AI Engineering Report 2026, "The Acceleration Whiplash," is available on the Faros AI website. It includes data from 22,000 developers across 4,000 teams, analyzing AI's impact on productivity, quality, and business risk. Read the report.
The Faros AI blog features articles on AI productivity, industry insights, company updates, technical deep-dives, security best practices, and customer case studies. Browse the blog.
Blog posts tailored for engineering and product managers are available at our blog posts for managers.
You can connect with Dan Balter, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, on LinkedIn. Other leaders are also available on the team page.
Customer stories and case studies are available in the customer blog gallery, showcasing real-world impact and success with Faros AI.
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Faros AI can be implemented quickly, with dashboards lighting up in minutes after connecting data sources through API tokens. Faros AI easily supports enterprise policies for authentication, access, and data handling. It can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem, without compromising security or control.
Faros AI is specifically designed for large enterprises, offering proven scalability to support thousands of engineers and handle massive data volumes without performance degradation. It meets stringent enterprise security and compliance needs with certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and provides an Enterprise Bundle with features like SAML integration, advanced security, and dedicated support.
Faros AI can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem. Tool data can be ingested via Faros AI's Cloud Connectors, Source CLI, Events CLI, or webhooks
I’m excited to share the news that I am joining Faros to lead the global BD and Partnerships efforts.
For the past decade, I have worked with a variety of organizations, from small startups to multinational corporations, on innovation. What does that mean? I have helped pre-seed and seed startups grow, made connections between corporations and startups, and worked with organizations on how to become continuously innovative. This includes coming up with new business lines, acquiring startups to integrate new technologies and solve challenges, building ecosystems, training innovation leaders, developing innovation units and more. I have seen all kinds of organizational structures and challenges, both in the private and public sectors. What I have noticed, across the board, and increasingly so in today’s economic climate, is that data is critical and efficiency is necessary for growth. It is not about continuously hiring in order to fill holes and do more. It’s about making data-based decisions and using your resources correctly to achieve the outcomes you want.
Over time, I have seen the ROI for innovation dropping. Specifically, in the past 5 years, research done by Accenture has found that return on innovation investments has fallen 27%, noting that “the gap between what technology makes possible and the ability of companies to realize that value is only going to grow”. This doesn’t mean that companies should stop innovating, but that the importance of efficiency, and the visibility into data around it, is becoming a requirement for survival. In order to grow, companies need to be able to do more with less.
Faros is building technology to help companies do just that. If there’s one place that measuring people is uncommon, it’s in the technology development realms. I have seen thousands of startups. But there aren’t a lot of companies that are going to change an industry, like Salesforce did to the Sales and Marketing industry, or like Apple did to the cellphone industry. I think that Faros is one of the few that will. Faros is going to change the Engineering industry, drive the future of engineering operations and I’m excited to be a part of that.
After being a CEO and leading my own firm, many people are asking - why are you joining a company instead of opening one on your own?
It’s not often you meet a team of such incredible people working together for something you believe in. Faros’s founders built Salesforce’s AI - Einstein, meaning they are genius engineers, excellent managers, have worked in a company that is an industry leader, and are experienced in leading engineering teams so they understand the pain points personally. They have all the pieces required to build an industry-changing company from the ground up, and to transform engineering operations to become more data-driven.
As Head of global BD & Partnerships, I’ll be doing what I love - focusing on growth opportunities - while working with a team of extremely talented, kind, knowledgeable people all working together to add value and make an impact, to help companies gain insight into their own workings and grow. It’s going to be a challenge to change an industry, and I know I’m joining the right team at the right time to go on this journey together.
While I’m just starting this week, we already have a lot of thoughts on how we can continue growing our strategic initiatives with key partners and expand our business offerings in the US, and across the globe. Over the next few months, we are going to build our partnerships programs, focusing on allowing customers to rely on partner apps and experts. Together, we will help our customers grow faster and reach farther. We have the power to do more together for our business, our customers, and our community.
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Dan Balter, Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Faros, is an experienced entrepreneur known for fostering business growth and innovation. As a former VP of StarTau and Founder of Spyre Group, Dan’s strategic insights drive transformative partnerships and business initiatives at Faros.
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