Autoptic Named in the Gartner® Coolest Vendor Innovations in AI for IT Operations, 2026 Research Note

AI SRE Company Focused on Systems Change Resilience One of Five Companies Recognized

AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, September 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Autoptic Inc., an innovator in AI SRE uniquely tackling Systems Change Resilience, today announced that it has been included in the newly published Gartner Research Note focused on the five Coolest Vendor Innovations in AI for IT Operations, 2026.

The note is authored by Gartner analysts Cameron Haight, Padraig Byrne, Colin Fletcher, Andrew Lerner, and Sushovan Mukhopadhyay. The 2026 Gartner Heads of I&O Flagship Survey suggests that most near-term enterprise priorities remain focused on improving the efficiency of existing operating models rather than replacing them. The most frequently cited objectives for their AI initiatives are increasing the automation of routine tasks (49%), reducing operational costs (31%) and lowering mean time to resolution (31%).

Since launching in Q1 2026, Autoptic has made significant progress, including:
● Collaborated with design partners and customers across commerce, finance, healthcare, media, and software industries, supporting teams of dozens to thousands of engineers
● Grown to a collective of 35 angel investors, including 9 CTOs
● Expanded the Autoptic Catalog to 250+ agents, skills, tools, and data sources (including pre-built integrations and automations extending Datadog and Grafana), accelerating customer time to value
● Named one of 12 “Austin Startups to Watch in 2026” by the Business Journal and featured in industry publications like DevOps.com
● Contributed to industry groups like DevOpsDays and the Resilience in Software Foundation
● Evolved an FDE-powered Services portfolio and added Ernest Mueller to lead customer and Services Partner initiatives
● Published 10 thought pieces, including a 19 page overview on Systems Change Resilience, available for free without registration

“The 2026 journey of Autoptic has been exhilarating,” said Steve Semelsberger, Co-Founder & CEO, Autoptic. “We believe this Gartner recognition in the Coolest Vendor Innovation in the AI for IT Operations, 2026 space is special. We are grateful for the inclusion.”

“At this moment especially, we are honored and thankful to our Autoptic customers, investors, partners, and team,” shared Peco Karayanev, Co-Founder & CTO, Autoptic. “I’m further energized and all-in on the pathway ahead.”

About Autoptic
Autoptic is collaboratively designing and building the emerging practice of Systems Change Resilience, helping CTOs and software engineering organizations move faster, absorb more change, calibrate risk, and build stronger software systems in an increasingly complex, AI-fueled world. Autoptic integrates with observability, incident management, infrastructure, software delivery, and other DevOps systems to help engineering teams detect production anomalies earlier, investigate complex environments faster, reduce incident risk, and better manage operational costs. The company was co-founded by software industry veterans with more than 20 years of experience and is backed by 35 professional investors, including 9 CTOs. Autoptic was named one of 12 “Austin Startups to Watch in 2026” by the Business Journal. For more information, please visit www.autoptic.ai


Reference: Gartner, Coolest Vendor Innovations in AI for IT Operations, 2026, Cameron Haight, 26 August 2026. GARTNER is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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