--- title: "Exclusive: Optiak raises €4m to build an orchestration layer for enterprise AI" url: https://daily.dev/posts/exclusive-optiak-raises-4m-to-build-an-orchestration-layer-for-enterprise-ai-bvbq736xk source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/optiak-raises-e4m-to-build-an-orchestration-layer-for-enterprise-ai type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-16T07:43:18.205Z updated: 2026-06-16T07:43:36.879Z tags: ["ai", "ai-governance"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Exclusive: Optiak raises €4m to build an orchestration layer for enterprise AI **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Optiak, a startup founded by DeepMind, Amazon, and Stripe alumni, has emerged from stealth with a €4m pre-seed round led by Market One Capital. The company is building a modular orchestration layer that sits between enterprise AI applications and the underlying models, providing a single control point for security, governance, memory, observability, and cost optimization. The product targets the growing 'shadow AI' problem — unsanctioned AI tool usage that has contributed to data leaks at 46% of organizations and accounts for roughly one in five breaches. Rather than forcing enterprises to consolidate on a single AI provider, Optiak positions itself as a neutral intermediary that routes requests to the best permitted model at the lowest cost. The company has also launched a Design Partner Programme for early enterprise co-development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Prime Intellect raises $130M Series A to help enterprises build their own AI agents](https://daily.dev/posts/prime-intellect-raises-130m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-build-their-own-ai-agents-obnk2m77j) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI data startup WisdomAI has raised another $50M, led by Kleiner, Nvidia](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-data-startup-wisdomai-has-raised-another-50m-led-by-kleiner-nvidia-9upplha8h) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/exclusive-optiak-raises-4m-to-build-an-orchestration-layer-for-enterprise-ai-bvbq736xk)