Runlayer Raises $30M Series A for an Enterprise 'Governance and Control Layer' for AI Agents

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Runlayer raised a $30M Series A co-led by Felicis and Khosla Ventures (June 24, ~$42M total funding) to build a governance and control plane that brokers what enterprise AI agents can access across tools and data. The round lands the same week MCP's Enterprise-Managed Authorization extension went stable and Vercel shipped 'Passport' for shadow-AI control — a clear signal that agent governance/permissioning is consolidating into its own infrastructure category. For builders, it underscores that production agent rollouts now hinge as much on access control and auditability as on model quality.