How much has Traversal raised?

Traversal raised $48M across its seed and Series A, announced together in June 2025 and led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins. Amex Ventures added a strategic investment in March 2026.

Ryan Powers, SVP Marketing at Traversal

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This is my first magazine cover.

Nobody prints Pipeline, so @Alex Muresan made it anyway. Issue 02 puts 12 marketers building pipeline before the Series B on its covers. I'm on cover 03, for Traversal.

Thanks @Reach AI for sponsoring the issue.

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I made the cover of Pipeline.

Issue 02 is the Series A issue, with 12 marketing and growth leaders whose companies raised $564M between them. I'm on cover 03. It's about American Express running its AI SRE on Traversal.

Thanks to @Alex Muresan for making it and to @Reach AI for sponsoring it.

Change anything you like. It's your post. After you paste it, retype @Alex Muresan and @Reach AI and pick each one from the list LinkedIn shows, because pasted names don't turn into tags (annoying, I know).

By Alex Muresan · Published October 5th, 2026 · Updated October 26th, 2026

Who is Ryan Powers?

Ryan Powers is SVP Marketing at Traversal. He joined in March 2026, one of 6 senior leaders the company hired across go-to-market and engineering. Traversal builds an AI SRE that troubleshoots incidents across large enterprise software systems.

About Ryan Powers

Before Traversal he led product marketing at Redis. Earlier he worked at SignalFx and VMware, so he has marketed infrastructure software to engineers for most of his career.

About Traversal

Traversal builds an AI SRE that troubleshoots incidents across large enterprise software systems. It is based in New York and launched in June 2025 with $48M across its seed and Series A, led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins. American Express runs its AI SRE on Traversal. Amex Ventures invested in the company in March 2026.

Why Ryan is on the cover

American Express chose Traversal for its AI SRE and then invested in it. Ryan joined right after. A customer story like that is the best thing a marketer can be handed in their first month.

Questions about Ryan and Traversal

What does Ryan Powers do at Traversal?: Ryan Powers is SVP Marketing at Traversal. He joined in March 2026, one of 6 senior leaders the company hired across go-to-market and engineering.
What does Traversal do?: Traversal builds an AI SRE that troubleshoots incidents across large enterprise software systems.
How much has Traversal raised?: Traversal raised $48M across its seed and Series A, announced together in June 2025 and led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins. Amex Ventures added a strategic investment in March 2026.