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title: "catboost, Q1 2026 Engineering Signal"
url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/startup/catboost/q1-2026
description: "catboost engineering metrics for Q1 2026: -25% velocity change, 190 contributors, signal: Deceleration."
lastModified: 2026-10-22
source: VC Deal Flow Signal
---
# catboost, Q1 2026 Engineering Signal

CatBoost is a fast, scalable, high performance gradient boosting on decision trees library. Used for ranking, classifica

## Signal, Q1 2026

- Commit velocity (14d): 43
- Velocity change: -25%
- Contributors: 190 (+0% growth)
- New repos (30d): 0
- Signal type: Deceleration
- Sector: AI & Machine Learning
- Stage at time of snapshot: Growth
- Geography: Unknown
- Ranked #13 of 16 in AI & Machine Learning for Q1 2026

## Adjacent Periods

- Previous: [Q4 2025](https://signals.gitdealflow.com/startup/catboost/q4-2025), -20% · Deceleration
- Next: [Q2 2026](https://signals.gitdealflow.com/startup/catboost/q2-2026), -50% · Deceleration

## Current Profile

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/startup/catboost

## Canonical

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/startup/catboost/q1-2026