Funding

AI Startup Xpander Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding

Aug 18, 2026 | By Devin Jacobs

SUMMARY

Xpander raised $7.5M in Seed funding.
The funding will support market expansion.
Xpander provides an AI platform for building and managing AI agents.

Xpander, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a vendor-neutral, all-in-one AI enablement platform, has raised $7.5 million in a Seed funding Round led by Pico Venture Partners.

The round also saw participation from Emerge Ventures, Samsung Next, and SeedIL.

The company plans to use the funding to accelerate market expansion for its AI enablement platform.

Funding Snapshot

Metric	Details
Fundraise Amount	$7.5 million
Funding Round	Seed
Lead Investor	Pico Venture Partners
Other Investors	Emerge Ventures, Samsung Next, SeedIL
Company	Xpander
Sector	Enterprise AI / AI Infrastructure
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA
Founded	2024

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About Xpander

Founded in 2024 by David Twizer, Moriel Pahima, and Ran Sheinberg, Xpander provides a vendor-neutral platform that helps enterprises build, deploy, and manage AI agents across different models, clouds, and frameworks.

The company’s platform is designed to give enterprises greater flexibility while maintaining centralized governance and visibility over AI applications.

Core offerings include:

Universal AI agent infrastructure
AI agent deployment and management
Governance and lifecycle management
Omni AI agent platform

Core Technologies / Products / Services

Capability/Product	Application/Use Case
Universal Agent Harness	Runs AI agents as portable workloads across customer environments
Agent Runtime	Supports AI agents across different models, frameworks, and clouds
Governance Platform	Provides centralized visibility and lifecycle management
Omni	Helps enterprises build and manage production-grade AI applications

Leadership Comments

"Every company is working to harness the power of AI and become AI-native, yet most find it unattainable," said David Twizer, CEO and co-founder of Xpander.

"We are excited to join Xpander's journey in solving the biggest problem that enterprises and decision makers are facing when attempting to adopt AI," said Tal Yatsiv, General Partner at Pico Venture Partners.