Plurai Secures $13 Mn Seed Funding to Test AI Agents Before Enterprise Deployment

The funding round was led by Team8, with participation from U&I, Velocity, Mercer, and angel investors, including CyberArk founder Udi Mokady and Google DeepMind researcher Reah Miyara.

Plurai Develops Simulation Platform for AI Agents

Founded by former Nexar researchers Ilan Kadar and Elad Levi, Plurai focuses on improving the reliability of autonomous AI agents used by businesses.

Its platform creates a digital replica of an organisation's working environment, including its internal tools, knowledge bases, and company policies. It then runs thousands of simulated interactions to identify problems such as incorrect responses, hallucinations, policy violations, and unsuccessful tasks.

This approach allows businesses to identify and address potential issues before AI agents interact with actual employees or customers.

Uses AI Models to Monitor Agents at Lower Costs

Plurai also uses simulation data to train smaller language models that continuously monitor AI agents after deployment.

The company says these smaller models can provide a more cost-effective way to monitor AI interactions compared with relying entirely on large AI models.

In a project involving Nvidia and Nebius for an enterprise customer, Plurai reported that its trained models achieved higher accuracy than models from OpenAI and Anthropic, at approximately 40 to 44 times lower costs.

Platform Opens to Developers

Alongside the funding announcement, Plurai has made its platform generally available after previously working with selected partners. The company has also introduced a free tier for developers.

Plurai currently employs around 12 people across Israel and the United States. It plans to double its workforce by the end of 2026 to support its expansion.

Early Customers Report Improved Performance

According to Plurai, its design partners have reduced the number of failures reaching end users by 82% and lowered operating costs by up to 97%.

These figures are based on the company's early customer engagements and have not been independently verified.

The funding comes as demand grows for tools that help businesses evaluate and monitor AI agents. Companies operating in the AI-agent evaluation and observability market raised $272 million through September 2026, compared with $166 million during the same period a year earlier.

About Plurai

Plurai is an AI startup founded by Ilan Kadar and Elad Levi. The company develops simulation technology to test, evaluate, and monitor autonomous AI agents before and after deployment. Its platform helps enterprises identify errors, security risks, and policy violations in simulated business environments, with the aim of making AI agents more reliable and cost-effective.

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