Jozu Raises $4 Million in Seed Round
Jozu, a New York-based company focused on building enterprise-grade orchestration tools for AI applications, has raised $4 million in seed funding.
The round was led by HalfCourt Capital, with participation from Mozilla Ventures, BrightSpark, AlleyCorp, Sentiero, and Union Bay Partners.
HalfCourt Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2016, the firm invests in AI-driven startups, particularly in sectors such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, B2B SaaS, and e-commerce.
The company will use the funding to expand its platform capabilities, enhance AI security and compliance features, scale adoption of its open-source AI packaging standard, KitOps, and grow its engineering and go-to-market teams.
Founded in 2023, Jozu is an MLOps platform designed to streamline the development, deployment, and security of AI models, agents, and applications across teams and environments. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools that integrate seamlessly with existing DevOps workflows. Its key open-source tool, KitOps, packages AI/ML models, datasets, code, and configurations into reproducible artifacts known as ModelKits. Jozu’s mission is to provide security-conscious organizations with AI/ML lifecycle tooling that accelerates projects from development to production—without compromising compliance, security, or operational agility.
Funding Details
Company: Jozu
Raised: $4.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: May 2025
Lead Investor: HalfCourt Capital
Additional Investors: Mozilla Ventures, BrightSpark, AlleyCorp, Sentiero, Union Bay Partners
Company Website: https://jozu.com/
Software Category: AI/ML Lifecycle Management