Carrot Labs

Maker of SuperPenguin, a tool that traces spend across AI providers and coding tools to the customer, feature, team or pull request it was for, with a total across every provider bill.

StageUndisclosed

Founded2026

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Founded — ycombinator.com · 20 Oct 2026

superpenguin.ai

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

SuperPenguin Application Sold on its own

AI spend intelligence platform that turns spend across AI providers and coding tools into cost attributed to a customer, feature, team or pull request, with a Mac app for live agent spend, one total across provider bills, alerts and forecasts, and without sitting in the path of a request; Free plan up to $2K managed spend, Growth $30 a month, Pro $200 a month and a custom Enterprise plan.

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No sourced competitor yet: no filing, vendor document or measured-market report read so far names a rival for this company, so none is asserted. The companies below are the closest by what their products do.

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MentlioUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Mentlio both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

VantageEarly-stageSuperPenguin and LLM Token Allocation both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare S

SoranoAIUndisclosedOverlaps on data analysis and evaluation and observability; scale not recorded for either; ships API service rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare F

FinoutEarly-stageSuperPenguin and Billy both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare P

PointFiveEarly-stageSuperPenguin and TokenShift both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare P

PapayaUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Papaya both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare H

HarnessLate-stageSuperPenguin and AI DLC Insights both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

MavvrikEarly-stageSuperPenguin and Mavvrik both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare QL

Quotient LabsUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Fermat's Last Token both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare TTraverseUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Traverse both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare S

SpendlineUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Spendline both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

ConiferUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Console both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AS

AI SpendOpsUndisclosedSuperPenguin and AI SpendOps both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare D

DataikuLate-stageSuperPenguin and Dataiku LLM Guard Services both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; Carrot Labs's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare CM

Comet MLEarly-stageSuperPenguin and Cost Intelligence both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare EL

Experiential LabsUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Experiential Intelligence Layer both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships API service and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LangWatchUndisclosedSuperPenguin and LangWatch AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare KC

Kilo CodeAcquiredSuperPenguin and Kilo Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; Carrot Labs's scale not recorded; Kilo Code is acquired, with no independent scale; ships AI agent, API service and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare L

LatitudeUndisclosedSuperPenguin and Latitude both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare F

FactoryLate-stageSuperPenguin and Factory Router both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; Carrot Labs's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare

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