Cloudgeni Raises $1M for Secure AI Cloud Agents

Jan de Vries · 2026-05-29

Cloudgeni, an Oslo-based startup building specialized AI agents for safe cloud infrastructure management, has raised $1 million (€858k) in new funding. The company plans to use this capital to expand across the Nordics and into the United States. The funding round was backed by a group of Nordic investors, including the byFounders Angel Collective (affiliated with Nordic VC byFounders), Norwegian VCs Startuplab and Antler, Vegard Gullaksen Veiteberg (CEO of tablet maker Remarkable), and Danish angel investor Nicolaj Højer Nielsen. ### What Cloudgeni Does Cloudgeni was founded in 2024 by Iuliia Petryshyn Thuen and Davlet Dzhakishev. The company builds an AI-powered platform that automatically detects, fixes, and proves the security, compliance, and configuration health of cloud infrastructure. It uses highly deterministic workflows to get the job done. Here's the key problem they're solving: According to Cloudgeni, cloud misconfigurations cause 99% of cloud security failures. And the cost of managing all that governance keeps climbing. Their solution prevents issues before they happen, fixes them when they do, and provides continuous proof—all without adding extra DevSecOps workload. ### Why This Matters Now Cloud environments are getting more complex every day. Keeping things stable without a ton of manual oversight is becoming a real challenge. Cloudgeni takes a DevOps approach, automating tasks that would normally require someone to handle them by hand. Davlet Dzhakishev, CEO of Cloudgeni, put it this way: "Increasingly complex cloud environments have made it more demanding to ensure stable operations without extensive manual oversight. We believe AI will move from being a support tool to playing an active role in operating systems." He added, "Our AI agents both build and operate cloud infrastructure. They are designed in a way that makes the adoption of the agent safe and reliable to the system owner." ### Growth and Traction Cloudgeni already has some big names trusting their tech. They work with industrial group Hydro and shipping company Havila in Norway. They've also partnered with IBM. The company recently landed its first paying customer in the US, which is a big milestone for their expansion plans. Iuliia Petryshyn Thuen, co-founder and COO, said: "We are pleased to have experienced and knowledgeable investors backing our next phase of growth. With the product now validated in our home market, we are focusing on expansion across the Nordics and the US, where we recently secured our first paying customer." ### What's Next Cloudgeni plans to grow its team to support this expansion. They're betting that AI agents will become a core part of how companies manage cloud infrastructure—not just a nice-to-have tool. With $1 million in fresh funding and a solid base of enterprise customers, they're making a strong case for that future. If you're in the cloud security space, keep an eye on this one. The way they combine AI with deterministic workflows could be a game changer for avoiding those costly misconfigurations.