Port, the Israeli startup redefining how engineering teams manage internal developer tools and AI agents, has raised a $100 million Series C round led by General Atlantic, with participation from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Team8.
The raise values the company at $800 million, bringing total funding to $158 million.
Moving Beyond Backstage With an All-In-One Platform
While Spotify’s open-source Backstage project has become the default starting point for internal developer portals, it requires heavy engineering investment to customise and maintain.
Port, founded in 2022, offers a fully managed alternative: a flexible platform used by companies like GitHub, British Telecom, and LG to centralise dev tools, workflows, and—now—AI agents.
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The Challenge: AI Agents Are Spreading Faster Than Teams Can Control
Developers are rapidly building agents that go far beyond code generation—handling incidents, security tasks, release operations, and more.
But according to co-founder and CEO Zohar Einy, most companies lack visibility or governance:
“Developers want AI to take on real operational work, not just write code. But without standards and guardrails, agent adoption becomes chaotic.”
Agents often connect to multiple tools, store fragmented data, and operate without alignment to company policies — creating risk instead of efficiency.
Port’s Solution: A Unified Home for Tools, Agents, and Governance
The firm provides:
- A full portal catalog for dev tools and AI agents
- Orchestration and workflow controls
- Performance monitoring and human-in-the-loop approvals
- A “context lake” defining allowed data sources, memory, and operational guardrails
This “context lake” is effectively the safety layer — determining what agents are permitted to know and do inside a company.
Teams can onboard agents built on any framework, create new ones directly inside the platform, or use the prebuilt agents for tasks such as provisioning or ticket resolution.
Supporting the 90% of Developer Work That Isn’t Coding
Einy says the company’s purpose is to empower engineers on the operational side, not replace them:
“Writing code is only 10% of the job. The startup gives engineers the interface to collaborate with agents, supervise their actions, and improve them over time.”
A Crowded Space, but Massive Tailwinds
With enterprise interest in agentic workflows exploding, Port enters a competitive landscape that includes LangChain, UiPath, Cortex, and numerous Big Tech efforts.
However, landing major customers early and securing top-tier investors puts the company in a strong position as companies standardise their agent infrastructure.
About Port
Port provides a developer platform designed to centralize internal tools, workflows, and AI agents in a single controlled environment. Its orchestration, governance, and safety layers allow engineering teams to scale AI automation without losing visibility, compliance, or operational control.
