Runlayer
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About
Runlayer is an AI enablement and control platform that functions as a secure control layer for AI tools across enterprise environments, monitoring access and usage while identifying and blocking threats including prompt injections, tool poisoning, and data exfiltration 12. The platform serves as a corporate app store and control room where employees access pre-approved AI tools with company data already connected and security guardrails in place, and identifies “shadow AI” usage 2. Customers include Instacart, Gusto, Opendoor, and dbt Labs 2.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | Series A | $30M | Felicis | Khosla Ventures 12345 |
| 2025 | Seed | $11M | Khosla Ventures | Felicis 2 |
Total raised to date: $42M 1245. Keith Rabois at Khosla Ventures led the prior $11M seed; Vinod Khosla personally championed the Series A 2. Felicis GP Jake Storm and Khosla Ventures Partner Jon Chu led their firms’ investments in both rounds 45.
What Investors Say
Jake Storm, General Partner at Felicis: “This is the right team, in the right market, at the right time, which is why Felicis pre-empted this round” 5.
Jon Chu, Partner at Khosla Ventures: “Runlayer is one of those rare companies where the consequences of success are so large that almost nothing else matters” 5.
Vinod Khosla, Co-founder of Khosla Ventures: “Runlayer has the potential to become that foundational layer for the AI-enabled enterprise that every company must inevitably become to stay relevant” 5.
What Founders Say
Andrew Berman, Co-founder and CEO: “Every employee will delegate their work to swarms of agents… The challenge is that most companies still do not have a secure, scalable way to make that possible” 5.
Andy Berman in Runlayer’s launch post: “Enterprises are ready to stop treating AI like an experiment and start making it part of their core strategy” 4.
Sources
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SecurityWeek, “Runlayer Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding,” June 25, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.securityweek.com/runlayer-raises-30-million-in-series-a-funding/↩↩↩
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Fortune, “Exclusive: Vinod Khosla wanted ‘every available dollar’ of Runlayer’s funding round,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://fortune.com/2026/06/24/exclusive-vinod-khosla-felicis-runlayer-nanit-30-million-enterprise-ai/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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The SaaS News, “Runlayer Raises $30M Series A,” June 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/runlayer-raises-30m-series-a/↩
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Runlayer blog, “Runlayer raises $30M Series A to go all in on AI,” by Andy Berman, June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.runlayer.com/blog/series-A-30m-fundraise-felicis-khosla↩↩↩↩
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PR Newswire press release, “Runlayer Raises $30M Series A to Help Enterprises Go All In On AI,” June 24, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/runlayer-raises-30m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-go-all-in-on-ai-302809271.html↩↩↩↩↩↩↩