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February 20, 2026
Portkey Lands $15M to Tame Wild AI Spending
Published: February 20, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Updated: February 20, 2026 at 12:56 AM
100-word summary
Portkey just scored $15 million in Series A funding led by Elevation Capital to scale its AI control plane that helps companies manage their spiraling AI costs. Think of it as a traffic cop for AI: the platform handles 500 billion daily tokens and manages over $500k in AI spend daily for 24,000+ organizations like Postman and Snorkel AI. It monitors costs, enforces policies in real-time, and automatically adapts when new models drop or pricing shifts. The kicker? Their core enterprise gateway is now free. As companies race to deploy AI agents at scale, unified governance tools could become as essential as the models themselves.
What happened
Portkey just scored $15 million in Series A funding led by Elevation Capital to scale its AI control plane that helps companies manage their spiraling AI costs. Think of it as a traffic cop for AI: the platform handles 500 billion daily tokens and manages over $500k in AI spend daily for 24,000+ organizations like Postman and Snorkel AI. It monitors costs, enforces policies in real-time, and automatically adapts when new models drop or pricing shifts. The kicker? Their core enterprise gateway is now free.
Why it matters
As companies race to deploy AI agents at scale, unified governance tools could become as essential as the models themselves.