Tangled, a Finnish software collaboration startup, has secured €3.8 million ($4.5 million) in funding to expand its platform and position it as a global infrastructure layer for developer collaboration.
The round was led by Founders, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto and existing investor Antler, alongside angel investors including Thomas Dohmke, Avery Pennarun, Mårten Mickos, and Sami Honkonen. The funding will support product development and international scaling of its open collaboration network.
What The Company Does
Founded by brothers Akshay and Anirudh Oppiliappan, Tangled is developing a social-enabled coding platform designed to rethink how developers collaborate in an increasingly AI-assisted development environment. The platform combines developer tooling with social networking features, enabling collaboration across an open and extensible network rather than through traditional centralised repositories.
Built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, Tangled enables interoperability without reliance on closed APIs, allowing developers to maintain ownership of their code, data, and professional relationships. The platform is designed to support contributions from both human developers and AI agents, reflecting the growing role of automated systems in software development workflows.
The founders bring experience in distributed systems and code intelligence platforms, and are positioning Tangled as a new infrastructure layer tailored to AI-native development environments.
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Market Context / Industry Background
The rapid adoption of AI-assisted coding tools has significantly increased developer productivity and output, but it has also intensified collaboration challenges around code review, coordination, and contribution management. Legacy collaboration platforms, originally designed for human-only workflows, are increasingly seen as bottlenecks in environments where AI agents generate and modify code at scale.
At the same time, there is growing interest in decentralised and open protocol-based platforms that reduce dependency on centralised software ecosystems. Open collaboration networks are being explored as a way to improve transparency, interoperability, and long-term ownership of digital assets, including code and developer identity.
Within this context, platforms that integrate social collaboration, developer tooling, and AI-native workflows are emerging as a new category aimed at supporting distributed, autonomous, and hybrid development teams.
Founder / Investor Commentary
Co-founder Anirudh Oppiliappan stated that the platform is built on the premise that software collaboration should function as an open network rather than a closed silo, enabling developers to retain control over their data and professional graph. He emphasized that the funding will help the company build a foundational layer where both human developers and autonomous AI agents can collaborate directly within the same ecosystem.
The company argues that as AI-assisted coding continues to expand the global developer base, existing contribution and review systems must evolve to support more dynamic and automated collaboration models.
Growth Plans / Use Of Funds
The newly raised capital will be used to expand Tangled’s platform capabilities, scale its open network infrastructure, and accelerate global adoption among development teams exploring AI-native collaboration models. The company plans to further enhance interoperability features and developer experience while building out community and ecosystem integrations.
Tangled also aims to position itself as a European alternative to established collaboration platforms by focusing on openness, transparency, and developer sovereignty, particularly in environments where AI agents are increasingly involved in the software development lifecycle.
About Tangled
Tangled is a Finnish software platform reimagining developer collaboration through an open, social-enabled network. Founded by Akshay and Anirudh Oppiliappan. The company combines developer tools with social collaboration features and open protocol infrastructure to enable seamless interaction between human developers and AI agents while promoting interoperability and ownership of code and professional relationships.
