Openlayer
openlayer.com
AI Evaluation & Observability
AI Governance & Compliance
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$19.3M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$14.5M
Series A · May 2025 · 17 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
7
Y Combinator, Picus Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
17 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
rising traction
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 14, 2025
Raised a round Series A $14.5M · SiliconANGLE
May 10, 2023
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Openlayer – test, fix, and improve your ML models
May 4, 2023
Raised a round Seed $4.8M · businesswire
Jun 2021
Went through Y Combinator
2021
Founded
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | May 2025 | $14.5M | — | SiliconANGLE |
| Seed | May 2023 | $4.8M | — | businesswire |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Unbox Inc. | its site |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Y Combinator 
Picus Capital 
Ground Up Ventures 
Mindset Ventures 
NXTP 
Soma Capital 
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Overview
Openlayer is an AI governance and observability platform for regulated enterprises, tracking every model and agent a company runs. Teams see evaluation results, drift and incidents in one place with the evidence auditors ask for. It targets banks, insurers and healthcare organisations deploying AI under supervision.
News
Openlayer Recognized in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for AI Evaluation and Observability Platforms
Openlayer has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for AI Evaluation and Observability Platforms. The report¹ examines the evolving market for tools that help organizations evaluate and observe AI systems across deve
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Openlayer Recognized in the 2026 Gartner(R) Market Guide for AI Evaluation and Observability Platforms
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Openlayer: $14.5 Million Series A Raised For Helping Scale Enterprises
Openlayer - a unified platform for evaluation and governance of AI systems at the enterprise level - announced a $14.5 million Series A round, led by Race Capital with participation from NXTP, KPN Ventures, Mindset, Y Combinator, Quiet Capital, and Telefo
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Openlayer Raises $14.5 Million Series A to Help Enterprises Scale AI with Confidence
Today, Openlayer, a unified platform for evaluation and governance of AI systems at the enterprise level, announced a $14.5 million Series A round, led by Race Capital with participation from NXTP, KPN Ventures, Mindset, Y Combinator, Quiet Capital, and T
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Openlayer raises $14.5M to help developers assess and improve AI model performance
Openlayer raises $14.5M to help developers assess and improve AI model performance - SiliconANGLE
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Openlayer: $4.8 Million Raised To Build On A Machine Learning Evaluation Platform And Address A $6 Billion Market
Openlayer is the company behind one of the world's most comprehensive platforms for testing AI. To learn more about Openlayer, Pulse 2.0 interviewed the company's co-founders Rishab Ramanathan, Vikas Nair, and Gabriel Bayomi.
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Openlayer, creator of tools for testing and verifying machine learning models, raises $4.8M
Openlayer, creator of tools for testing and verifying machine learning models, raises $4.8M - SiliconANGLE
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Openlayer Lands $4.8 Million Seed Round
Openlayer, the creator of the world's most comprehensive platform for testing AI, today announced that it has closed a $4.8 million seed round. The funds wil...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff