Jozu, a New York-based company focused on building enterprise-grade orchestration tools for AI applications, has raised $4 million in seed funding.
Investors
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.
Jozu Use of Funds
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.
About Jozu
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
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