Canyon Code Raises $5M Pre-Seed

Canyon Code, a Sunnyvale, CA-based company building an enterprise-grade workflow intelligence layer, has emerged from stealth with $5 million in pre-seed funding.

This round was led by Cota Capital, with participation from Newbuild Venture Capital and Blackhorn Ventures.

Canyon Code plans to use the capital to build its enterprise-grade workflow intelligence layer and to hire new talent across its research and development teams.

Founded in 2026 by Ravikiran Gopalan and Professor Aditya Akella, Canyon Code develops enterprise infrastructure software designed to optimize, manage, and govern multi-agentic AI applications at scale. Its workflow intelligence layer enables enterprises to orchestrate AI agents more efficiently by improving application-level optimization, contextual memory management, policy enforcement, and workflow-aware execution. Canyon Code is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Funding Details

Company: Canyon Code

Raised: $5M

Round: Pre-seed

Funding Date: May 26, 2026

Lead Investor: Cota Capital

Additional Investors: Newbuild Venture Capital, Blackhorn Ventures

Company Website: https://canyoncode.ai/

Software Category: AI Infrastructure