Cortex has released DRIVE, a framework for measuring engineering organisational effectiveness as AI agents increasingly automate software development. The framework addresses whether organisations can absorb and safely operate code produced by developers and AI agents. DRIVE evaluates five areas: delivery sustainability, reliability, initiative progress, security vigilance and resource efficiency. It pairs with an Operational Excellence review process, drawing from practices at AWS, Stripe and Google, to help leadership act on organisational health metrics. "The real question now is whether the organisation around the code can turn what its developers and agents produce into reliable software without outrunning its ability to operate it," said Ganesh Datta, Cortex CTO and co-founder. The framework builds on existing signals like DORA metrics rather than replacing them.

Reliability as Code pioneer Cortex today announced that it has secured $2.5 million in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital. The new funds will accelerate dev...