Explore: AI Infrastructure · Series A · United States
Runlayer
Series A · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States · Founded 2024 · 1-10 employees
Infrastructure platform that governs how corporate employees interact with AI agents, providing visibility, control, and guardrails for enterprise AI deployments. Runlayer is a enterprise AI, AI governance and SaaS startup based in San Francisco, United States, founded 2024, at Series A stage, with $30M raised to date.
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Total raised
$30M
Stage
Series A
Business model
SaaS
Key differentiator
Runlayer is the first all-in-one control plane for enterprise MCP that combines a security gateway, per-request threat detection, full agentic observability, custom enterprise AI automations, and integration with existing identity providers like Okta and Entra.
Target customer
IT and security teams at enterprise organizations deploying AI agents across engineering, operations, and business functions
Sectors
Funding rounds
Key investors
Khosla Ventures, Felicis
Notable achievements
- Launched from stealth in November 2024 with $11M seed funding
- Signed 8 unicorn/public customers including Gusto, Rippling, dbt Labs, Instacart, Opendoor, and Ramp
- Founding team helped establish MCP with Anthropic and OpenAI
- $11M raised from Khosla Ventures and Felicis, with the creator of MCP on cap table
Frequently asked questions
- What does Runlayer do?
- Infrastructure platform that governs how corporate employees interact with AI agents, providing visibility, control, and guardrails for enterprise AI deployments.
- Where is Runlayer based?
- Runlayer is based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2024.
- How much has Runlayer raised?
- Runlayer has raised $30M in tracked funding and is currently at the series-a stage.
- Who has invested in Runlayer?
- Investors in Runlayer include Khosla Ventures and Felicis.