8-Bit Capital portfolio company Barndoor AI (the HRIS for the agentic AI workforce) announced their first $13.6 round of funding, led by Crosslink Capital, with participation by 8-Bit Capital, Preface Ventures, and Precursor Ventures.
Barndoor is a new startup founded by our friend Oren Michels, former founder and CEO of the pioneering API management company Mashery.
Most companies want to adopt AI but lack the tools to manage it safely at scale. Barndoor AI is building a platform to securely connect, deploy, and manage AI applications in enterprises.
“Across any organization, dozens of autonomous agents are handling sensitive data, making changes, and introducing real risk,” said Oren Michels, founder and CEO of Barndoor AI. “To manage this new AI workforce, IT teams must understand the full context — who’s operating an agent, what their role is, what service they’re accessing, and what action they’re taking. Barndoor sits at that intersection, evaluating every request in context to ensure enterprises stay secure, compliant, and in control.”
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