Archestra
Category: AI Safety
An enterprise-grade platform for safely deploying and managing AI agents with security guardrails and compliance. Archestra was founded in 2025. The company is led by Matvey Kukuy. Based in London, United Kingdom. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $13.5M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include 20VC, Concept Ventures, Zero Prime Ventures, Celero Ventures, Aloniq, Visible Ventures, Tenacity Capital, 20 Product, RTP Global.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $13.5M
Value proposition
To enable enterprises to securely and safely deploy and manage AI agents, connecting them to internal data sources without the risk of 'going rogue'.
Products and solutions
Open-source self-hosted enterprise AI platform: MCP orchestrator/registry/gateway, agent runtime, LLM proxy, RAG knowledge bases, deterministic security guardrails, SSO/RBAC, observability & cost tracking.
Unique value
Archestra provides a security-focused, open-source platform that acts as an 'MCP orchestrator' to provide guardrails, data management, and permission tools for AI agents, preventing them from 'going rogue'.
Target customer
Enterprises and businesses looking to deploy AI agents securely, including non-technical users.
Industries served
Cross-industry, targeting any enterprise that uses AI agents.
Technology advantage
Their key advantage is the open-source, security-first platform that addresses the significant risks associated with AI-driven automation. They leverage the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to ensure secure and compliant operation of AI agents.
How they differentiate
Archestra focuses on providing an open-source, security-first platform that enables non-technical users to safely utilize AI agents by connecting them to internal data systems with robust security guardrails and compliance features.
Main competitors
Microsoft, Google, OpenAI
Key partnerships
CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), The Linux Foundation
Notable customers
Multiple Fortune 50/500 companies (3–4 unnamed in production as of Jun 2026), Akua
Major milestones
Raised €2.8M/$3.3M oversubscribed pre-seed (Aug 2025) led by Concept Ventures, closed in under two weeks., Joined CNCF and The Linux Foundation (Aug 2025)., Raised $10M Seed led by 20VC (Jun 2026); total funding $13.5M., Multiple Fortune 50/500 companies running Archestra in production; open-source repo 3,800+ GitHub stars.
Growth metrics
3,800+ GitHub stars; 1,000+ community members; 57 contributors; 3 Fortune-50 deployments (as of Jun 2026 seed announcement)
Market positioning
Archestra is positioning itself as a critical security and enablement layer for enterprises looking to adopt AI agents. They are targeting the emerging market of AI safety and orchestration, aiming to build trust and safety in AI agent deployment within corporate environments.
Geographic focus
While Archestra is based in London, United Kingdom, and likely has an initial focus on the European market, its open-source nature suggests a global ambition to cater to enterprises worldwide.
Patents and IP
Not publicly available
About Matvey Kukuy
Co-Founder & CEO at Archestra, Co-Founder of Keep (acquired by Elastic), Founder of Amixr (acquired by Grafana Labs), and Engineering Director at Grafana Labs.
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Official website: https://www.archestra.ai/