Amsterdam-based Orq.ai has secured €5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, positioning the company to help enterprises move AI projects from prototype to production. The round was led by seed + speed Ventures and Galion.exe, with continued backing from previous lead investors Curiosity VC, Spacetime, XO Ventures, xdeck ventures, Waves Capital, and GoldenEggCheck.
This latest injection brings Orq.ai's total funding to €7.3 million. The investment signals strong confidence in the startup's approach to enterprise AI deployment, particularly as companies struggle to bridge the gap between impressive demos and reliable, production-ready systems.
Despite widespread interest in AI, many organizations remain stuck at the experimentation phase. Fragmented tools and insufficient governance make it difficult to operate AI reliably at scale. Orq.ai addresses this directly with a unified platform that combines experimentation, evaluation, observability, AI gateway capabilities, governance, and agent runtime in one environment.
"Enterprises are no longer experimenting with AI for curiosity. They want to implement it fast, but most of them are stuck passing real systems into production. We believe Orq.ai is the solution for their needs, as it for us. it accelerates our development process daily and is even used by non-technical profiles. Orq.ai's unified agent lifecycle platform shortens iteration time, reduces friction and brings stability to deploy agents at scale." said Kevin Kuipers, Founding Partner of Galion.exe.
The platform's new Agent Studio allows businesses to design agents on their own terms. Companies can configure behaviors, workflows, and decision rules while Orq.ai handles the execution layer. Forward-thinking organizations across Europe and the US, including Afas, Moneybird, Keyrus, and Helloprint, already use the platform to run operational AI systems at scale.
Orq.ai plans to expand its 25-person team across engineering, enterprise sales, and customer success. The company will also deepen its presence in key European markets while accelerating growth in North America.
The round introduces strategic angels and advisors who bring serious enterprise experience. Sam Bourton, co-founder of QuantumBlack/McKinsey, Adriaan Mol, founder of Mollie, and Daniel Gebler, CTO of Picnic, will support Orq.ai's expansion into more advanced enterprise and data governance capabilities.
"AI agents are becoming a foundational layer of enterprise and B2B software, much like cloud infrastructure in the last technology cycle. Companies will need a reliable way to orchestrate, govern, and scale these agents across operations, and Orq.ai is building the platform that will enable that shift." said Alexander Kölpin, Managing Director at seed + speed Ventures.
With stricter requirements under the EU AI Act, GDPR, and broader data governance rules, European companies increasingly need AI systems that run securely within their own infrastructure. Orq.ai's infrastructure-agnostic design spans cloud, hybrid, and fully on-premises deployments. This provides a practical path for meeting sovereignty and data residency requirements. US organizations benefit from the same flexibility, making integration with existing architectures and compliance frameworks much easier.
"Most companies can build a great demo. The real challenge is getting that demo into production without losing control over quality, compliance, or costs," said Sohrab Hosseini, Co-founder of Orq.ai. "Orq.ai exists to close that gap."
Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Orq.ai has evolved from a developer-focused tool into a comprehensive enterprise solution. The company's Platform 4.0 enables organizations to experiment, evaluate, deploy, observe, and optimize AI agents through a unified interface that prioritizes safety, collaboration, and scalability.
The platform includes an AI gateway with access to more than 300 models, built-in evaluation and monitoring, knowledge-base integration, and collaboration tools. According to the company, these features reduce agent development time by 67% and free more than 10% of engineering capacity.
"Leading enterprises have moved past AI experimentation. Their focus now is production," said Herman Kienhuis from early investor Curiosity VC. "Orq.ai supports that transition by reducing iteration time, cutting operational friction, and giving engineering teams a stable foundation for scaling agents."
The funding coincides with a full rebrand and redesigned platform experience. More than 100 organizations now rely on Orq.ai as they operationalize AI at scale. The investor roster reflects broad confidence in the company's direction: seed + speed Ventures and Galion.exe led this round, joined by returning investors Curiosity VC, Spacetime, XO Ventures, xdeck ventures, Waves Capital, and GoldenEggCheck.
