
Openlayer is an evaluation workspace for AI. Startups and Fortune 500s alike use Openlayer to run tests, track and version models, and monitor production requests.

Openlayer is an evaluation workspace for AI. Startups and Fortune 500s alike use Openlayer to run tests, track and version models, and monitor production requests.
What they do: AI governance, evaluation, and observability platform for ML/LLM/agentic systems
Product strengths: 100+ automated/custom tests, real-time guardrails, tracing and data-quality monitoring
Founded: May 2021
Founders: Gabriel Bayomi, Rishab Ramanathan, Vikas Nair
Employees: 23
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AI model evaluation, validation, observability, and governance for production ML/LLM/agentic systems
2021
Software Development
Seed round reported with multiple investors (~18) including Quiet Capital as lead
Series A announced on May 14, 2025 per aggregator profiles
“Backed by multiple venture firms and founder angels, including Quiet Capital, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, KPN Ventures, and Wayra”