Zyphra
Category: AI Agents
Zyphra is developing MaiaOS, a multimodal agent system that combines advanced neural network architectures, long-term memory, and reinforcement learning. Zyphra was founded in 2020. The company is led by Krithik Puthalath. Based in San Francisco, California, with a growing presence in Montreal and London.. Team size: 20. Total funding raised: ~$121M total (all rounds). Latest round: Series A ($110M, Oct 2025 led by AMD and IBM at $1B valuation). Key investors include AMD, IBM, Future Ventures, Defined Capital, Metaplanet, Intel Capital, Bison Ventures, Gaia Ventures.
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, with a growing presence in Montreal and London.
- Team size
- 20
- Total funding
- ~$121M total (all rounds)
Value proposition
Offers cutting-edge AI solutions for various applications, including on-device use and enterprise environments.
Products and solutions
MaiaOS, Zamba2-7B, ZAYA1-8B, ZAYA1-74B-Preview, ZAYA1-VL-8B, ZUNA (BCI Foundation Model), Zyphra Cloud / Zyphra Inference
Unique value
Zyphra's focus on multimodal intelligence and the development of compact yet powerful AI models like Zamba2-7B.
Target customer
Likely focused on enterprise and consumer applications requiring advanced AI capabilities.
Industries served
Artificial Intelligence
Technology advantage
Combining next-gen neural network architectures with long-term memory and reinforcement learning.
How they differentiate
Zyphra focuses on multimodal intelligence and compact AI models, making AI more accessible for smaller devices and applications.
Main competitors
Google DeepMind, Meta AI, OpenAI
Key partnerships
IBM (multi-year agreement for AMD GPU cluster on IBM Cloud for training frontier models, announced Oct 2025); AMD (full-stack AI infrastructure partnership powering Zyphra Cloud on AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, announced May 2026); TensorWave (infrastructure partner for Zyphra Cloud, May 2026)
Major milestones
Release of Zamba2-7B, a state-of-the-art small language model that outperforms several leading models.
Growth metrics
Not available.
Market positioning
Zyphra aims to democratize advanced AI by making it more accessible and affordable.
Geographic focus
Global, with a presence in North America and Europe.
Patents and IP
Not detailed in available sources.
About Krithik Puthalath
Krithik Puthalath is the CEO and Founder of Zyphra. His previous experience includes roles at Cambridge Quantum Computing, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Xerion Advanced Battery Corp., and IBM.
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