Sycamore: Building the Operating System for Enterprise AI
An enterprise AI platform designed to help organizations build, deploy, govern and operate autonomous agentic applications with security, human oversight and operational control.
Visit sycamore.so ↗Basic Information
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
Company Name |
Sycamore |
Category |
Enterprise AI |
Subcategory |
AI Agent Platform, Governance & Orchestration |
Founded |
2025 |
Headquarters |
Palo Alto, California, USA |
Stage |
Seed |
Total Funding |
$65 million |
Latest Funding |
$65 million · Seed · March 2026 |
Founder |
Sri Viswanath |
CEO |
Sri Viswanath |
Key Investors |
Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Abstract Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, 8VC, Fellows Fund & E14 Fund |
Website |
sycamore.so ↗ |
What Sycamore Does
Sycamore is building an operating system for enterprise AI. Its platform is designed to help companies discover, build, deploy, observe and evolve agentic applications while keeping people in control of access, policy and decisions.
Key Capabilities
- Build production-ready applications, integrations and AI agents
- Deploy and orchestrate autonomous agentic applications
- Apply identity, governance, policy and human approvals
- Observe agent behavior and maintain operational evidence
- Continuously improve systems using outcomes and organizational knowledge
Why It Matters
Enterprise AI adoption increasingly depends on more than model capability. Organizations also need infrastructure for identity, security, governance, observability and controlled autonomy. Sycamore is targeting that operational layer.
Sycamore at Scale
$65M
Initial Funding
Sycamore launched publicly in March 2026 with a $65 million seed round led by Coatue and Lightspeed.
Fortune 500
Early Enterprise Work
The company says it is working with Fortune 500 companies as design partners to deploy autonomous agentic applications.
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Core Products
Sycamore’s current platform is organized around Forge for building agentic software and Guard for accountable control of AI systems.
Enterprise Momentum
Forge
Sycamore Forge turns business problems and process knowledge into production software and agents. In September 2026, Sycamore launched Forge Early Preview so anyone could begin building apps and agents.
Guard
Sycamore Guard is the governance and control layer designed to bring AI systems under accountable management, including ownership, approvals, identity, runtime policy, observed behavior and evidence.
Human Oversight
Sycamore’s approach is based on progressive trust. Agents can move from observation toward greater autonomy as their reliability is demonstrated, while human controls remain part of the operating environment.
Agent Operating System
Progressive Trust
Agents earn autonomy through demonstrated reliability. Operations are designed to remain isolated, auditable and governed as autonomy increases.
Adaptive System Generation
Users describe intent in natural language, and Sycamore can generate production-ready systems spanning applications, integrations and agents.
Collective Intelligence
The platform is designed to connect organizational data, workflows and expertise so multiple agents can coordinate and improve through outcomes and accumulated knowledge.
Funding Journey
2025
Company Founded
Sycamore
Founded by Sri Viswanath
March 2026
Seed
$65M
Led by Coatue and Lightspeed
March 2026
Enterprise Expansion
Fortune 500
Design partnerships for autonomous agentic apps
September 2026
Forge Early Preview
Public Preview
Apps and agents available for early builders