Cloudgeni, an Oslo-based startup developing specialised AI agents that build and operate cloud infrastructure in a safe way, has raised €858k ($1 million) in fresh funding to scale further across the Nordics and the US.
The funding was secured from a group of Nordic investors, including the byFounders Angel Collective, an angel investor network affiliated with Nordic VC byFounders; Norwegian VCs Startuplab and Antler; the CEO of tablet producer Remarkable, Vegard Gullaksen Veiteberg; and Danish angel investor and serial entrepreneur Nicolaj Højer Nielsen.
“We are pleased to have experienced and knowledgeable investors backing our next phase of growth. With the product now validated in our home market, we are focusing on expansion across the Nordics and the US, where we recently secured our first paying customer,” said Iuliia Petryshyn Thuen, co-founder and COO of Cloudgeni.
Founded in 2024 by Thuen and Davlet Dzhakishev, Cloudgeni is building an AI for cloud infrastructure, an AI-powered platform that automatically detects, remediates, and proves the security, compliance, and configuration health of the cloud infrastructure based on highly deterministic workflows.
According to the company, cloud misconfigurations account for 99% of cloud security failures, and the cost of managing governance is rising sharply. Cloudgeni claims to prevent issues before they occur, fix them when they do, and provide continuous proof, without adding DevSecOps overhead.
The company follows a DevOps approach and automates tasks that would otherwise require manual handling in system operations.
“Increasingly complex cloud environments have made it more demanding to ensure stable operations without extensive manual oversight. We believe AI will move from being a support tool to playing an active role in operating systems,” said Davlet Dzhakishev, CEO of Cloudgeni.
“Our AI agents both build and operate cloud infrastructure. They are designed in a way that makes the adoption of the agent safe and reliable to the system owner,” he explained.
Cloudgeni states that it has already gained the trust of large enterprises in Norway, such as industrial group Hydro and shipping company Havila, and has entered into a partnership with IBM. It also plans to expand its team to support its growth going forward.
