Arnaud Porterie posted that the team had taken the tough decision to stop Echoes HQ, indicating a shutdown/closure.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Echoes HQ was a YC S21 engineering-analytics startup that helped engineering leaders connect day-to-day work to business goals and communicate that impact across the company. Public sources disagree on its HQ/founding year, and founders publicly said the company was being shut down in early 2025.
Primary product
Engineering analytics platform that maps engineering activity to business goals and intended outcomes
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Claymont, Delaware, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Engineering analytics / developer tools
Offices
0 jobs at Echoes HQ
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Business model
Stage
Early-stage / accelerator-backed
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Early Stage VC
Accelerator/Incubator (Y Combinator)
Aug 2021 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Founder and CEO
Investors
Public messaging emphasizes a developer-friendly, outcomes-focused culture: team-level reporting only, minimal engineer overhead, and avoiding individual performance surveillance. The product is framed around empathy between engineering and business stakeholders.
Compensation
No public salary bands, equity ranges, or compensation policy details were found.
Pricing
Public pricing is not listed; the public site shows a 28-day trial and demo booking rather than transparent pricing pages.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
~$5M ARR estimate (third-party estimate; public sources conflict on exact revenue confidence)
Arnaud Porterie posted that the team had taken the tough decision to stop Echoes HQ, indicating a shutdown/closure.
SourceLinkedIn · Mar 2025
Founder Arnaud Porterie said the team had taken the difficult decision to stop Echoes HQ, which is the clearest public shutdown signal.
LinkedIn · Feb 2025
A former team member reshared Arnaud Porterie's closure note saying Echoes HQ was closing its doors after the YC batch and multiple pivots.
LinkedIn · Sep 2024
Arnaud Porterie described customer use cases where Echoes helped leaders make hiring and layoff-related decisions by clarifying engineering effort and business impact.
LinkedIn · Sep 2023
Echoes HQ announced embedded components that let teams export live widgets into third-party knowledge bases such as Notion or Confluence, starting with DORA metrics.
DEV Community · Sep 2022
The team described Echoes' value-centric and developer-friendly approach, emphasizing purpose over velocity and no individual metrics.