Developer Tools Startups

Keel is an operations platform that lets teams define custom data models and build tailored systems for their workflows, positioned as an alternative to legacy ERP software. It offers configurable base modules, custom interfaces, and integrations with existing tools and hardware for operations teams running day-to-day business processes.

1 investor

Keen Print offers hosted ecommerce software for commercial printers. The subscription service lets a print shop run an online storefront that accepts and checks customer files and handles billing, scheduling, shipping and customer correspondence, without the printer maintaining its own web infrastructure.

1 investor

Keep provides AI-powered AIOps solutions to help teams navigate observability data. The company is committed to open source and targets organizations managing infrastructure monitoring and incident response.

1 investor

Keet is a personal learning platform that generates interactive courses on any topic using AI, featuring Duolingo-style lessons with videos, quizzes, and games structured around roadmaps. The product serves learners seeking self-paced education across diverse subjects.

1 investor

Kenway Consulting helps organizations transition from traditional project management to product-centric approaches through strategy guidance, culture development, and Agile implementation.

1 investor

Kernelize builds compiler and kernel optimization tools that enable AI models to run efficiently on multiple hardware accelerators. The company helps hardware teams and developers connect to shared infrastructure like Triton and PyTorch rather than maintaining chip-specific implementations.

1 investor

Kerno builds IDE agents using graph and kernel technology that autonomously write, run, and maintain integration test suites for backend developers, helping them catch breaking changes and regressions across user flows and edge cases. It targets backend software developers in the developer tooling space.

1 investor

Kestrel provides AI agents for platform engineering that automate incident response, cloud provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and developer requests through deterministic workflows. The platform enables infrastructure and DevOps teams to build and execute automations using natural language, visual editing, or code across 30+ integrations.

1 investor

Keyboard is a governance and integration platform that allows enterprises to grant employees secure access to AI tools while giving IT and Security teams centralized control over policies, permissions, and visibility. The platform connects multiple AI clients (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to internal applications with role-based access, data controls, and complete auditability.

1 investor

Keypup provides visibility and flexible reporting tools for software engineering organizations, aggregating development data to help teams prioritize tasks, track progress, and improve their processes. Its product serves developers, technical leads, and engineering stakeholders looking to reduce reporting overhead and scale their teams.

1 investor

KeyShot is a 3D rendering and visualization platform that enables product design teams to create high-quality visual representations and prototypes for product design-to-market workflows. The software serves designers, engineers, and product teams globally with real-time ray tracing technology to accelerate product development and reduce physical prototyping needs.

1 investor

Keystroke is a platform for building specialized agents and workflow automations that integrate with coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor, allowing users to build actual TypeScript code that lives in their repository and deploy to the Keystroke platform for credential management, logging, and access control.

1 investor

Keywords Everywhere is a browser extension that provides SEO research, website analysis, and social platform insights, with free tools for keyword research, competitor analysis, and AI-powered features, plus optional paid access to search volume data and trend analytics.

1 investor

Khiza is a startup studio that creates and scales web3 businesses by transforming ideas into market-leading companies across blockchain, DeFi, digital assets, and infrastructure sectors. The studio operates through three models: building companies from the ground up, partnering with established enterprises on joint ventures and technology licensing, and supporting founder-led projects through mentorship and resources.

1 investor

Khoj builds open-source AI software tools, including a research workbench, an AI co-worker platform, and a personal assistant agent application. The company targets researchers, knowledge workers, and individuals seeking transparent, locally-runnable AI tools.

1 investor

Kiitos is a technology company that builds software with a distributed engineering team. It offers product development capabilities spanning frontend, backend, and full-stack engineering.

1 investor

Kiln is a development platform for teams building and shipping AI products, connecting the AI development lifecycle end to end so changes are observable, comparisons are consistent, and iteration remains fast as teams scale. It targets engineers and cross-functional teams working on non-deterministic AI systems, offering version control, evals, and regression tracking tailored to AI development.

1 investor

Kilo (Kilo Code) is an open-source, MIT-licensed AI coding agent that works across VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud, giving developers access to 500+ AI models at cost with no markup, plus support for bring-your-own-keys and local models. It also offers KiloClaw, a hosted always-on agent that connects to Telegram, Discord, or Slack to run shell commands, scheduled tasks, and workflows after the IDE closes.

1 investor

Kilvin provides a workspace platform and custom software development service for building and deploying internal tools, dashboards, and workflow automation. The company offers both self-service workspace functionality powered by AI agents and managed services where engineers design and build tools tailored to client specifications.

1 investor

Kinde provides infrastructure for SaaS businesses to accelerate product development, offering tools built by founders and engineers to help companies grow revenue and reduce costs. It serves founders and startups building software products.

1 investor

Kindor is an AI-powered reporting platform that delivers automated, personalized insights to tech leaders and their teams through Slack or email. The platform generates tailored reports for different organizational levels—from executives to individual contributors—covering engineering metrics, project progress, resource allocation, and team contributions.

1 investor

Kinsta is a web hosting platform founded in 2013 that serves agencies, businesses, and e-commerce brands globally, emphasizing performance optimization and developer-friendly infrastructure across 128 countries. The company operates a fully distributed remote team providing native-language support in eight languages.

1 investor

Kintohub provides a platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and operate modular code units while managing costs and reliability at scale. The platform targets developers seeking to optimize application development and infrastructure management.

1 investor

Kis is a no-code collaborative platform for building and sharing customized, secure micro-applications for uses such as project management, member or client tracking, event management, reporting, and grant monitoring. It serves companies, associations, NGOs, foundations, federations, and public organizations, with data hosted on secure servers in France and the EU.

1 investor