
Barndoor provides the first Control Plane for Agentic AI, acting as a centralized governance layer for managing granular access, policy enforcement, and visibility across an enterprise's AI workforce. This allows teams to accelerate AI adoption while maintaining IT control. Barndoor addresses the challenge of managing AI agents, which are described as non-human actors that traditional IT systems are not equipped to handle, posing risks of costly mistakes due to unchecked usage. The platform offers context-based controls, allowing policies to be set based on the user, their role, and the action taken, with flexibility for no-code or scripted policy management. It provides visibility into agent actions through telemetry, audit trails, and real-time alerts for detecting anomalies and proving compliance, as well as measuring and scaling usage. Barndoor integrates with existing enterprise stacks, including identity systems and security tools, and supports various AI applications and third-party clients. The company emphasizes enabling IT Admins, Security Teams, and Business Teams to manage and leverage AI safely and effectively.

Barndoor provides the first Control Plane for Agentic AI, acting as a centralized governance layer for managing granular access, policy enforcement, and visibility across an enterprise's AI workforce. This allows teams to accelerate AI adoption while maintaining IT control. Barndoor addresses the challenge of managing AI agents, which are described as non-human actors that traditional IT systems are not equipped to handle, posing risks of costly mistakes due to unchecked usage. The platform offers context-based controls, allowing policies to be set based on the user, their role, and the action taken, with flexibility for no-code or scripted policy management. It provides visibility into agent actions through telemetry, audit trails, and real-time alerts for detecting anomalies and proving compliance, as well as measuring and scaling usage. Barndoor integrates with existing enterprise stacks, including identity systems and security tools, and supports various AI applications and third-party clients. The company emphasizes enabling IT Admins, Security Teams, and Business Teams to manage and leverage AI safely and effectively.
Product: Control plane for governing agentic AI workforces (policy, access, visibility, telemetry)
HQ: New York, NY
Founders: Kirsten Spoljaric and Oren Michels
Funding: $13.6M seed (May 2025), led by Crosslink Capital
Compliance: SOC 2 Type II (announced Jan 13, 2026)
Governance, security, and access control for agentic AI and AI-to-enterprise-data integrations.
Enterprise AI / AI governance
$13,600,000
Seed round announced at company launch; participation from Preface Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Gaingels, and named angel investors.
“Led by Crosslink Capital with participation from institutional and angel investors (Preface Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Gaingels, Rob Hayes, Natalie Diggins, Scott & Cyan Banister)”