# Shmuel Kliger

> Shmuel Kliger is founder. Causely MCP server on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder.

Shmuel Kliger started Causely in 2022 to apply causal reasoning to the reliability of cloud-native applications. He previously founded Turbonomic (originally VMTurbo), which IBM acquired in 2021, and was the first employee and CTO of SMARTS, which EMC acquired in 2005. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmuel-kliger-1a91963/

## What Shmuel builds

- [Causely MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/causely.md), graded E, 39.7/100, in Observability & incidents. Causely's hosted MCP server gives agents the root causes, affected services, changes and evidence that Causely's causal reasoning system infers from a team's telemetry, with tools for health checks, post-deploy checks, postmortems and detection settings. Founder, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Christine Miller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christine-miller/), Co-founder and engineering leader
- [Endre Sara](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/endre-sara/), Co-founder and engineering leader
- [Enlin Xu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/enlin-xu/), Co-founder and engineering leader

## Backed by

- [Amity Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amity-ventures/)
- [645 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/645-ventures/)
- [Glasswing Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/glasswing-ventures/)
- [Cervin Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cervin-ventures/)
- [Tau Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tau-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Shmuel Kliger?

Shmuel Kliger started Causely in 2022 to apply causal reasoning to the reliability of cloud-native applications. He previously founded Turbonomic (originally VMTurbo), which IBM acquired in 2021, and was the first employee and CTO of SMARTS, which EMC acquired in 2005. He holds a PhD in computer science from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

### What does Causely, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Causely MCP server from Causely, Inc.. Causely's hosted MCP server gives agents the root causes, affected services, changes and evidence that Causely's causal reasoning system infers from a team's telemetry, with tools for health checks, post-deploy checks, postmortems and detection settings.

### Who has invested in Causely, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Amity Ventures, 645 Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, Cervin Ventures and Tau Ventures.

### How are Shmuel's tools graded?

Causely MCP server is graded E, 39.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.causely.ai/company
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/shmuel-kliger-1a91963/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-miller-0b599a3
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/endresara
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/enlinxu
- https://www.causely.ai/
- https://www.causely.ai
- https://docs.causely.ai/agent-integration/mcp-server/skills/
- https://docs.causely.ai/telemetry-sources/troubleshooting/
- https://www.causely.ai/terms-of-service

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