Back to directory
Agent Infrastructure category

20 NYC startups to know

Agent Infrastructure

Runtime, orchestration, observability, browser automation, workflow agents, and developer infrastructure for agentic systems.

Why this category matters

Agent infrastructure becomes valuable when teams can reliably deploy, test, govern, and improve agents in production workflows.

Startups to know in Agent Infrastructure

Submit a startup
Merit Systems

Payment infrastructure for open agentic commerce

Merit Systems builds wallets, payment tools, and open protocols that let AI agents discover services, pay for APIs, and transact across the internet.

Agent InfrastructureSeedInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Modal

Elastic compute built for AI developers

Modal provides serverless cloud infrastructure for AI, letting developers scale inference, training, and agent sandboxes through code without managing the underlying GPU infrastructure.

Agent InfrastructureSeries DInfra86views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Leena AI

AI colleagues for the enterprise back office

Leena AI provides workplace AI colleagues that resolve employee requests and automate HR, IT, and finance workflows through connected enterprise knowledge and systems.

Agent InfrastructureSeries BInfra77views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Fyxer

An executive assistant inside the inbox

Fyxer acts as an AI executive assistant inside Gmail and Outlook, organizing inboxes, drafting responses, and retaining context across professional conversations.

Agent InfrastructureSeries BInfra64views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Tavily

The web access layer for AI agents

Tavily supplies search, extraction, crawling, and research APIs that give AI agents structured access to current web information for grounding their responses and actions.

Agent InfrastructureUnknownInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
UiPath

Orchestrate agents, robots, and people

UiPath orchestrates AI agents, software robots, and people across enterprise processes, combining automation development with governance and controls for production workflows.

Agent InfrastructurePublicInfra27views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Uniphore

A business AI cloud built around enterprise context

Uniphore brings enterprise data, knowledge, models, and agents into a business AI cloud designed for governed deployment across customer service and operational workflows.

Agent InfrastructureSeries FInfra90views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
You.com

Search and research infrastructure for grounded AI systems

You.com builds search, content, answer, and research APIs that help AI applications retrieve current information and assemble grounded responses from the web.

Agent InfrastructureUnknownInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Vibranium Labs

AI incident-management platform that monitors, triages, and resolves infrastructure issues for SRE teams

Vibranium Labs builds AI incident-management agents that monitor infrastructure, investigate failures, and coordinate remediation, helping site reliability teams resolve operational disruptions.

Agent InfrastructureSeedInfra122views

Recent Activity

Added: fits the map's focus on practical early-stage AI products in New York. · May 18, 2026
Thread AI

Organizations can move AI workflows into critical operations when orchestration, policy controls, and observability are designed into the same platform

Thread AI provides orchestration infrastructure for building, governing, and operating AI workflows across enterprise systems, with controls for demanding and regulated environments.

Agent InfrastructureSeries AInfra104views

Recent Activity

Series A infrastructure company focused on enterprise AI workflow deployment and orchestration. · May 4, 2026
Kay.ai

Insurance teams can delegate routine operations to AI coworkers that use their existing tools and adapt to agency procedures without new integrations

Kay.ai automates insurance agency operations by following existing procedures across portals and management systems, handling renewals, certificates, policy checks, and other administrative work.

Agent InfrastructureEarly StageInfra154views

Recent Activity

Backed by Wing VC. · Apr 18, 2026
General Intelligence Company

General Intelligence Company is an applied AI lab building Cofounder, a system of agents designed to automate business operations full-stack and enable one-person, agent-native companies

The General Intelligence Company develops AI agents to operate businesses autonomously, combining software creation, business execution, and research into increasingly capable systems.

Agent InfrastructureSeedInfra78views

Recent Activity

Raised $8.7M. · Dec 8, 2025
Emergence AI

Verified autonomy for enterprise work

Emergence develops agent infrastructure combining memory, coordination, verification, and bounded autonomy, helping enterprises deploy dependable AI systems in complex operational environments.

Agent InfrastructureSeries AFeatured487views

Recent Activity

Raised $97M. · Apr 21, 2026
Distyl AI

Applied AI systems for complex enterprise operations

Distyl develops and deploys AI systems for large organizations, combining applied research, reliable execution, and tailored products to rework critical operational workflows.

Agent InfrastructureUnknownInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Daytona

Composable sandbox infrastructure for AI agents that need fast, stateful execution environments

Daytona provides secure, elastic cloud environments for AI agents to run generated code, use tools, and execute stateful development workflows.

Agent InfrastructureSeries AInfra149views

Recent Activity

Added: fits the map's focus on practical early-stage AI products in New York. · May 18, 2026
Credal

Governed context for enterprise AI agents

Credal connects enterprise systems to governed MCP servers and AI agents, preserving access permissions and business context across internal workflows and chat interfaces.

Agent InfrastructureUnknownInfra89views

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Channel3

Channel3 is building a database of every product on the internet, giving developers and AI agents API access to a unified, semantically-matched product catalog

Agent InfrastructureSeedInfra191views

Recent Activity

YC-backed NYC company. · Apr 20, 2026
Brightwave

Organizations can connect AI agents to the systems where work happens through infrastructure designed around safe deployment and compliance requirements

Brightwave builds infrastructure for safely connecting AI agents to workplace systems, with a focus on compliance as agents move from conversation into operational work.

Agent InfrastructureEarly StageInfra136views

Recent Activity

Customers include hedge funds, advisory firms, and asset managers who use it to accelerate deal coverage and due diligence. · Apr 26, 2026
Aily Labs

Enterprise data becomes decisions and actions

Aily Labs connects fragmented enterprise data to decision agents that recommend and execute actions across finance, research, manufacturing, supply chains, and commercial operations.

Agent InfrastructureGrowthInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago
Accrete

Expert work grounded in organizational knowledge

Accrete builds AI systems that capture organizational knowledge and complete expert workflows, alongside mission intelligence software supporting government analysis and operational decisions.

Agent InfrastructureUnknownInfra

Recent Activity

· 2d ago