Opper AI
Category: AI Developer Tools
Opper AI is the European AI gateway for agents: a unified, EU-hosted API to 700+ models with OpenAI-compatible SDKs, routing, failover, observability, and GDPR-compliant control plane. Opper AI was founded in 2023. The company is led by Göran Sandahl. Based in Stockholm, Sweden. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $3 million. Latest round: Pre-seed, $3.0M, 2025-07, led by Luminar Ventures. Key investors include Luminar Ventures, Emblem Venture Capital, Greens Capital.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $3 million
Value proposition
Provide a single EU-hosted AI gateway and control plane so teams can run agents on any model with reliability (failover, tracing), GDPR/EU residency, and drop-in OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini SDK compatibility—without building multi-provider infrastructure in-house.
Products and solutions
EU-hosted AI gateway / LLM router (700+ models, OpenAI-compatible), AI control plane (observe, route, steer, guard, comply), Agent apps routing (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, etc.), Structured task / completion APIs and tracing, Fine-tuning workflow (via FinetuneDB acquisition)
Unique value
EU-hosted, GDPR-compliant AI gateway with 700+ models behind one OpenAI-compatible API, automatic multi-provider failover, and a built-in control plane (tracing, PII guardrails, budgets, audit)—so European teams can run production agents without US-only vendor lock-in.
Target customer
Software developers and technology companies building AI-powered features that require high reliability, safety, and consistency for production environments.
Industries served
Software Development, Technology, Healthcare Technology
Technology advantage
Unomaly-proven founding team plus FinetuneDB leadership (CTO/CGO). Model-agnostic EU gateway across 700+ models with measured multi-provider uptime, OpenAI-compatible drop-in, and agent control plane—differentiated for European data residency and production reliability.
How they differentiate
Differentiates as an EU-hosted production AI gateway: GDPR/EU residency by default, 700+ multimodal models with automatic multi-provider failover, OpenAI-compatible drop-in, and an agent control plane—versus US-centric gateways (OpenRouter) or self-hosted proxies (LiteLLM).
Main competitors
OpenRouter, LiteLLM, Portkey, Vercel AI Gateway, Cloudflare AI Gateway
Key partnerships
Build Nordics AI initiative with Aixia and Evroc (Mar 2026), Geodd (European inference hosted in Norway, Jun 2026), Sference (European inference for open models, Aug 2026), Acquired FinetuneDB (Sep 2025)
Notable customers
Instabridge, Svenska Bostäder, GetTested, Ping Payments, Steep, Njord, LexBox
Major milestones
Founded in 2023 by the Unomaly team (Göran Sandahl, Johan Gustafsson)., Secured ~$3M oversubscribed pre-seed (Jul 2025) led by Luminar Ventures., Launched Task Completion API (Jul 2025)., Acquired FinetuneDB (Sep 2025); founders joined as CTO/CGO., Repositioned as European AI gateway for agents (700+ models)., Launch of Build Nordics AI initiative with Aixia and Evroc (Mar 2026).
Growth metrics
Claims trusted by 50k+ developers and companies serving 10M+ users; customer logos include Instabridge (200M+ downloads), Svenska Bostäder (28k+ apartments). Team ~11 (Jun 2026). Acquired FinetuneDB; expanded to 700+ models on EU gateway.
Market positioning
Positioned as the European AI gateway for agents—developer- and enterprise-facing infrastructure for reliable, GDPR-compliant multi-model inference and agent control in the EU.
Geographic focus
Primarily Europe, with a secondary focus on North America.
Patents and IP
No public patents have been disclosed.
About Göran Sandahl
Göran Sandahl is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with extensive experience in AI, cybersecurity, and software development. He is the co-founder and CEO of Opper AI, a Swedish AI startup focused on building reliable and secure AI infrastructure. Previously, he was the co-founder and CTO of Unomaly, a machine learning startup that was acquired by LogicMonitor in 2020. He has also held leadership roles at LogicMonitor and has a background in cybersecurity, having worked as a Security Architect and Consultant at Integralis AB and a Security Analyst at Sentor MSS AB.
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Official website: https://opper.ai/