BAND
Category: AI Infrastructure
Enterprise-grade interaction infrastructure enabling real-time communication, coordination, and governance for distributed multi-agent AI systems. BAND was founded in 2025. The company is led by Arick Goomanovsky. Based in Kochav Ya'ir, Israel & San Francisco, USA. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $17M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Sierra Ventures, Hetz Ventures, Team8.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Kochav Ya'ir, Israel & San Francisco, USA
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $17M
Value proposition
BAND provides a unified interaction layer (Agentic Mesh) that enables heterogeneous AI agents built on different frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, etc.), running on different clouds, to discover each other, share context, delegate tasks, and collaborate in real time — with built-in governance, authority boundaries, and auditability. It solves the fragmentation problem of multi-agent enterprise systems.
Products and solutions
BAND Agentic Mesh (universal communication layer for agent-to-agent interaction), BAND Control Plane (governance, policy enforcement, authority boundaries, auditability), Multi-agent runtime for discovery, context sharing, delegation, and human-in-the-loop oversight, Integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Claude Code, Codex, and other agent frameworks
Unique value
First dedicated communication and coordination layer purpose-built for multi-agent systems (not an agent framework or a chat interface), with deterministic (non-LLM-based) routing, cross-framework interoperability, and an enterprise-grade control plane that enforces policy, authority, and visibility across heterogeneous agent environments. Described as "WhatsApp for AI agents" and built on the same technical stack as WhatsApp/Discord for real-time messaging at scale.
Target customer
Enterprise engineering teams, R&D departments, AI platform teams, and AI-native companies deploying multiple AI agents across software development, enterprise automation, security operations, and advanced R&D workflows.
Industries served
Software Development, Enterprise Automation, Cybersecurity, AI/ML Platform, Telecommunications, Financial Services
Technology advantage
Deterministic routing engine (no LLM dependency for coordination — avoids hallucination and latency issues); Built on real-time messaging infrastructure used by WhatsApp/Discord; Framework-agnostic and cloud-agnostic architecture; Enterprise-grade governance with full visibility into agent interactions, task delegation, and authority enforcement; Team with deep expertise in distributed systems (Luzin pioneered multi-agent systems at Samsung) and enterprise infrastructure (Goomanovsky with two successful scale-up exits)
How they differentiate
BAND is not an agent framework but a communication and coordination layer that sits above all frameworks — enabling agents built on different stacks (LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI, custom) to interoperate. Unlike frameworks that focus on how agents think/reason, BAND focuses on how agents interact with each other and with humans. Its deterministic routing (no LLM calls for coordination) provides reliability that framework-native orchestration lacks. Also unique: enterprise-grade governance (authority boundaries, audit trails) designed from day one, not bolted on later.
Main competitors
LangChain/LangGraph (agent framework), CrewAI (multi-agent orchestration framework), Microsoft AutoGen (multi-agent framework)
Key partnerships
AWS (participation in AWS Startups Agentic AI Innovators showcase), Team8 (portfolio company, seed investor), Sierra Ventures (seed investor), Hetz Ventures (seed investor), Ignite DeepTech Spring 2026 cohort
Major milestones
Founded mid-2025 by Arick Goomanovsky (ex-Sygnia, ex-Ermetic) and Vlad Luzin (ex-Samsung multi-agent pioneer, ex-Verint), Raised $17M seed round from Sierra Ventures, Hetz Ventures, and Team8, Exited stealth April 2026, Early design partners in software development, enterprise automation, and advanced R&D, Accepted into Ignite DeepTech Spring 2026 cohort, Hosted Band of Agents Hackathon (with lablab.ai) attracting 2,000+ registrants
Market positioning
Pioneering a new category: agentic communication infrastructure / coordination layer for multi-agent systems. Positioned as the "agent internet" backbone — analogous to what SMTP was for email or REST for web services. Gartner predicts 90% of enterprises deploying multiple agents will require a Universal Orchestrator by 2029, validating the market need BAND addresses.
Geographic focus
Global with strong presence in Israel (R&D) and US (San Francisco, go-to-market)
About Arick Goomanovsky
Ex-Sygnia Co-founder (acquired by Temasek for $250M); Ex-Ermetic Co-founder (acquired by Tenable for ~$300M); VP Product Innovation at Tenable (~2 years); Graduate of Israel's Unit 8200
Official website: https://www.band.ai