San Francisco, October 2025 — Lyzr, the pioneering company behind the Agentic Operating System (Agentic OS), has raised $8 million in Series A funding, led by Rocketship.vc, with participation from GFT Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Firstsource, Plug and Play, BGV, Partnership Fund for New York City, and Arka.
In a powerful endorsement of enterprise trust, Henry Ford III, a member of the Ford Motor Company Board of Directors, has joined Lyzr’s Board to help guide the company through its next phase — the industrial-scale deployment of Agentic OS across global enterprises.
“The era of siloed AI copilots is over. The future belongs to an interconnected AI workforce that forms an organization’s central intelligence,” said Siva Surendira, Founder & CEO of Lyzr.
From Siloed Agents to a Unified Agentic OS
Across today’s enterprises, multiple copilots and chatbots operate in isolation — HR, Sales, Finance, and Customer Support each running separate tools, leading to fragmented intelligence.
Lyzr flips the model with its Agentic OS, enabling enterprises to build their own private AI workforce — interconnected, collaborative, and fully governed within their own cloud or on-prem environment.
This next-generation AI infrastructure acts as an operational layer above systems like Workday, Salesforce, and NetSuite, where agents can reason, act, and collaborate seamlessly with both data and humans.
The ultimate vision is Organizational General Intelligence (OGI) — when specialized AI agents across departments share context and decisions through a central knowledge graph, enabling collective intelligence across the enterprise.
Solving the Enterprise AI Dilemma
Enterprises have long faced a difficult trade-off: flexibility vs. compliance.
| Approach | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Source Framework | Customizable & transparent | Requires self-built governance and security |
| ADLC Platforms | Convenient & managed | Vendor lock-in, limited orchestration |
| Lyzr Agentic OS | Flexible + governed + self-hosted | Runs securely within enterprise infrastructure |
Lyzr’s Agentic OS Platform merges the best of both worlds — open flexibility and enterprise-grade governance. It’s self-hosted, ensuring data privacy, IP ownership, and total control.
Flexibility vs. Compliance — Why Agentic OS Ends the Trade-off
Lyzr’s self-hosted, governed platform merges open flexibility with enterprise-grade control.
| Approach | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|
| Open-Source Framework Customizable & transparent | Full control over the agent lifecycle, community-driven innovation, no vendor lock-in. | Must build governance, security, and compliance from scratch. |
| ADLC Platforms Convenient & managed | Faster setup and deployment, built-in governance and monitoring, reduced maintenance. | Vendor lock-in, limited orchestration, no IP ownership. |
| Lyzr Agentic OS Flexible + governed + self-hosted | Blends open flexibility with enterprise-grade governance and compliance. | Requires setup within the enterprise’s secure cloud or on-prem environment. |
From Simulation to Production
Enterprise AI can’t rely on demos — it demands reliability at scale.
Lyzr built the industry’s first JEPA-inspired Agent Simulation Engine, based on Yann LeCun’s Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, enabling over 20,000 simulations per agent before deployment.
This innovation ensures agents behave predictably, ethically, and compliantly in production environments.
Results speak for themselves:
- A Fortune 100 tech company reduced startup evaluation time by 80% using 200+ interconnected agents.
- A global chip manufacturer migrated customer service agents from Agentforce to Lyzr, cutting build time by 70% and retaining full IP ownership.
Momentum by the Numbers
- 1 Billion+ agent simulations run
- 1 Million+ agents live in production
- 30,000+ developers building on Lyzr
- 70% of customers from financial services
Security is at Lyzr’s core — the platform operates entirely within private VPC or on-premise environments, certified SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Investors’ Vision
“Just as operating systems defined the computer era, Agentic Operating Systems will define the enterprise AI era. Lyzr’s vision for Organizational General Intelligence isn’t theoretical — it’s being built function by function inside the world’s largest enterprises.”
The Next Frontier: Organizational General Intelligence
With this $8M milestone, Lyzr will accelerate the expansion of Agentic OS across all enterprise functions — from HR and Finance to IT and Customer Operations — connecting them into one intelligent, context-sharing ecosystem.
As enterprises race toward Organizational General Intelligence, Lyzr stands at the forefront — turning the AI workforce vision into enterprise reality.
About Lyzr
Founded in 2023, Lyzr builds the world’s first Agentic Operating System, empowering enterprises to design, govern, and deploy autonomous AI workforces within their own environments. With a focus on security, scalability, and interoperability, Lyzr is defining the future of enterprise AI orchestration and Organizational General Intelligence.
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