Openlayer (YC S21) — The fastest way to ship airtight AI
Openlayer is the governance platform for AI applications.
Openlayer is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2021 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The fastest way to ship airtight AI. The founders listed are Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye (Founder), Vikas Nair (Founder), Rishab Ramanathan (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, June 29, 2021).
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Openlayer | Every AI system in your company. In one place. Under control.
Openlayer is the AI governance and observability platform for regulated enterprises: one place to test, monitor, and govern every model, agent, and AI system your company runs.
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Gabriel Bayomi Kalejaiye
Founder
I’m a Brazilian engineer and one of the co-founders of Unbox. Previously, I was a Machine Learning Engineer at Apple where I worked at several different areas in Siri, combining multimodal signals for natural language. Before that, I completed my master's in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon where I had the opportunity to work at the Amazon’s Alexa Prize project. I love the combination of artificial intelligence applications and computational social science!
Vikas Nair
Founder
Co-founder of Openlayer (S21). Previously, built future AI/ML-powered experiences at Apple.
Rishab Ramanathan
Founder
Co-Founder of Openlayer
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