Engineering is not a black box.
GitBrain was born from a simple conviction: every business function has cost data — except engineering. That's not normal. And it's not inevitable.
A problem seen from the inside
We spent years building engineering teams. In every board meeting, the same question: "what does this product actually cost us?" The honest answer was always: "we don't really know."
Timesheets didn't fix that. They just created distrust. GitBrain is our answer: read what Git already knows, without asking developers anything.
First line of code. The question was simple: why does engineering remain the only business function without a P&L?
Private alpha with a handful of engineering leaders. First signal: CTOs were more afraid of timesheets than of not knowing their costs.
Private beta. Building with design partners across SaaS B2B, Fintech, and Data Infra. Engineering Intelligence as a category.
Three non-negotiable principles
Privacy by design
We never read your code. GitBrain processes Git metadata — branch names, commit timestamps, file-change counts. Your intellectual property stays on your infrastructure.
Developer trust is non-negotiable
The CTO who enforces timesheets loses their best engineers. We built GitBrain so engineering leaders can have honest data without the surveillance tax.
Git already knows
Every team already has the data. It's in the commit log. We just make it legible — turning raw history into effort, cost, and capacity signals.
Built by builders, for leaders
We're a small founding team with deep roots in engineering and technical leadership. No hype, no slides — just problem obsession and code that works.
The GitBrain team
Engineering Intelligence — Paris, Europe
Building privately with a tight group of design partners. Full identities shared with our pilot partners.
Ready to see your engineering for real?
Early access available for a limited number of teams. No pricing pressure.