This page may contain stale information. Last updated: 2026-06-28
Overview
Runlayer is an NYC-based enterprise AI infrastructure startup providing governance, security, and observability for AI agents and mcp servers. Founded by Andrew Berman (ex-Nanit, Zapier MCP) in 2025.
Recent Developments
- 2026-06-24: Raised 42M ($11M seed Nov 2025) (2026-06-24-runlayer-30m-agent-governance-funding)
- Customers: Instacart, Gusto; one Fortune 500 bank monitors 100,000 employees across 200,000 devices
- Platform: Control plane for MCP servers — policy enforcement, shadow AI detection, full-session observability
- Threat detection: Prompt injection, tool poisoning, output manipulation, exfiltration, intent drift
Vinod Khosla reportedly wanted to buy entire round — anecdotal press color per Fortune, not independently verified financial term.
Related
- mcp
- model-context-protocol
- agentic-ai
- ai-governance
- shadow-ai
- venture-capital
- runlayer-30m-agent-governance-funding