About Lyzr
Lyzr makes software that banks, insurers and other large companies use to build, run and govern AI agents. Developers use its Agent Studio and business staff use Architect, and the agents run inside each customer's own cloud or data center.
About 70% of Lyzr's customers are in financial services. Its customers include WTW, NVIDIA, Accenture, KPMG, Verifone and Hitachi. The company has offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, as well as London, Dubai and Bangalore. Siva Surendira founded it in 2023 and is CEO. Co-founder Anirudh Narayan is chief growth officer.
Funding Rounds (SEC Form D)
| First sale | Filed with SEC | Amount sold | Investors | Avg. check | Terms | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025 | May 4, 2026 | $10,460,986fully sold | 29 | $360K | EquityRule 506(b) | Form D ↗ |
| Oct 7, 2023 | Mar 27, 2024 | $100,000of $500K target | 6 | $16,667 | SAFERule 506(b) | Form D ↗ |
| Total, two offerings | $10,560,986 | |||||
First sale is the date the first investor in the offering committed to invest. Companies must file Form D within 15 days of that date, so filing dates run later.
Rounds announced by Lyzr
What the company said publicly about its funding. Announced amounts can differ from Form D figures: an announcement can combine several closings, and some money is raised without a Form D.
| Announced | Round | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | Series A+ | $14.5M | Accenture (lead), Rocketship VC | Bloomberg ↗ Press release ↗ Finovate ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Series A | $8M | Rocketship.vc (lead), GFT Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Firstsource, Plug and Play, BGV, Partnership Fund for New York City, Arka | lyzr.ai ↗ Accenture ↗ |
Why Investors Backed Lyzr
Investors back Lyzr because large companies want AI agents they can control. Lyzr runs agents inside each customer's own cloud, with guardrails built for banks and insurers. Accenture invested in October 2025 and then led a $14.5 million round in March 2026. Kenneth Saldanha, who leads Accenture's insurance practice, said Lyzr lets companies create “secure, explainable and compliant AI agents.”
The problem it targets
Many large companies are testing AI agents, but most projects still stall at the pilot stage, The Next Web reported in July 2026. Lyzr CEO Siva Surendira calls this one of the biggest challenges in agentic AI: “moving from experimentation to production and scaling.” Banks and insurers face extra hurdles, because their agents must pass security audits and follow strict rules. Many firms also worry about handing their data to big platforms, Surendira said in March 2026.
What the product does
Lyzr sells tools for each stage of an agent's life. Engineers build and test agents in Agent Studio. In Architect, announced in February 2026, business users describe a task and the tool builds the agents. OpenController, launched in September 2026, tracks what every agent does and costs, even agents built with other tools. Lyzr also sends its own engineers to work with customers until agents go live. A self-serve plan costs $19 a month, while enterprise contracts usually start around $250,000 a year, Analytics India Magazine reported.
Progress so far
More than 1 million agents built on Lyzr's platform were running in production by October 2025. For example, Accenture built a system of over 200 Lyzr agents that tracks about 300,000 startups, Surendira told SiliconANGLE. Lyzr had $1.5 million in revenue in October 2025, according to Analytics India Magazine. By February 2026, Surendira said revenue had grown tenfold since October, though he gave no figure. In September 2026, WTW announced a partnership with Lyzr. Surendira said the two firms already run agents in production together.
Who backs it
Rocketship.vc led Lyzr's $8 million Series A in October 2025. Accenture Ventures, GFT Ventures, Firstsource, Plug and Play, BGV, the Partnership Fund for New York City and Arka also invested. Rocketship managing partner Madhu Shalini Iyer said “Agentic Operating Systems will define the enterprise AI era.” Accenture then led the $14.5 million Series A+ in March 2026, and Rocketship invested again. In May 2026, In-Q-Tel, which invests for the U.S. national security community, made a strategic investment, Axios reported. Henry Ford III, a Ford Motor Company director, joined the board in 2025 and also invested. Iyer also serves as a Lyzr director.
How the market is moving
Investors are putting large sums into tools for building AI agents. In October 2025, LangChain, whose LangGraph framework Lyzr names as a rival, raised $125 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. Big advisory firms are also teaming up with agent makers, as WTW and Accenture have done with Lyzr. In July 2026, Bloomberg reported that Lyzr's Series B was on track to raise $100 million at about a $500 million valuation, double its March value. The round drew $400 million in investor interest.
We wrote this summary from public statements by Lyzr and its investors. It is not investment advice.
Lyzr in the News
- A Startup That Builds AI Agents Used One to Raise $100 Million
- An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100M fundraise
- Exclusive: Lyzr AI raises from In-Q-Tel
- Exclusive: Startup Lyzr.ai launches app builder aimed at moving agents to production in volume
- This Accenture-Backed Startup is Building an Operating System for AI Agents
- AI firm Lyzr bags $8M Series A funding led by Rocketship
Leadership Team
Executive officers and directors listed on Lyzr's Form D filed May 4, 2026.
Sources
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- Companylyzr.ai, terms of use
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- CompanyPress release, founder history (2024-06-28)
- CompanyPress release, OpenController launch (2026-09-17)
- Companylyzr.ai, Series B webinar (2026-08-13)
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- Investorrocketship.vc, Madhu Shalini Iyer bio
- Investoriqt.org, portfolio (lists Lyzr)
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- PressSiliconANGLE, Series B report (2026-07-09)
- PressWTW press release (GlobeNewswire), partnership with Lyzr (2026-09-10)
- PressLangChain blog, $125M round at $1.25B valuation (2025-10-20)
- ResearchGartner, forecast on agentic AI project cancellations (2025-06-25)