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Tetrate

Milpitas, US Β· 3 known investors

tetrate.io β†—

Tetrate builds AI governance and routing infrastructure for enterprises, including a service that routes queries to models based on cost, performance, and policy, and a director product for centralized governance and visibility across teams and providers. Built on the open-source Envoy and Envoy AI Gateway projects, it targets organizations in finance, government, and global tech adopting AI in production.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Founders & leadership

HG
Hongtao GaoFounder
VT
Varun TalwarFounder

Investors Β· 3

Competitors Β· 9

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Solo273 shared keywordsSolo.io provides cloud connectivity solutions that help organizations secure, observe, and control their cloud environments. The company builds enterprise products for cloud-native application networking and service mesh management, serving Fortune 2000 companies and cloud-native organizations globally.
F5195 shared keywordsF5 develops application delivery and security software and hardware platforms, including BIG-IP load balancers and application firewalls, for enterprise and government networks. The company serves organizations requiring network traffic management, cybersecurity, and application access control.
Wallarm173 shared keywordsWallarm provides an AI security and API security platform that discovers AI workloads, monitors runtime behavior, enforces policy inline, and generates continuous compliance evidence such as EU AI Act mapping. It is built for enterprises running AI on AWS, using kernel-level instrumentation to observe and protect AI agents and the APIs they call.
Cloudflare Turnstile161 shared keywordsCloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.
Kong152 shared keywordsKong builds an API and AI connectivity platform that manages the complete lifecycle of APIs across any cloud environment. The platform serves developers and enterprises building and connecting applications, microservices, and AI workloads.
Palo Alto Networks148 shared keywordsPalo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations. The company serves enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, utilities, and healthcare providers globally.
The New Stack146 shared keywordsThe New Stack is a media publication covering software development, at-scale engineering, and related technology news for software engineering leaders and developers. It delivers news, articles, and a newsletter targeting a technical professional audience.
Tigera138 shared keywordsTigera provides security and networking management for Kubernetes environments and AI agents through the Calico Platform, offering unified control, visibility, and policy enforcement across distributed workloads and infrastructure.

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Non-dilutive funding Β· 1 SBIR/STTR award

Federal grants β€” no equity taken
AgencyPhaseYearAmount
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase I2020$49.8K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts β€” non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

Frequently asked questions

What does Tetrate do?
Tetrate builds AI governance and routing infrastructure for enterprises, including a service that routes queries to models based on cost, performance, and policy, and a director product for centralized governance and visibility across teams and providers. Built on the open-source Envoy and Envoy AI Gateway projects, it targets organizations in finance, government, and global tech adopting AI in production.
Who are Tetrate's investors?
Tetrate's investors include NTT Venture Capital, Rain Capital, 8VC.
Where is Tetrate headquartered?
Tetrate is headquartered in Milpitas, US.