Shakudo Platform
AI operating layer
Company describes it as "the operating layer on top of your cloud that allows you to pick the best-of-breed data tools for your needs, while providing a platform with fully automated DevOps experience."
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Shakudo
AICloud & Digital InfrastructureToronto, ON
Toronto company selling a self-hosted platform that installs, orchestrates and governs more than 170 third-party AI and data tools inside a customer's own cloud or on-premises infrastructure, plus its own Kaji agent and an LLM gateway.
Canadian innovation builds a brighter tomorrow.
About
Company site: shakudo.ioToronto company selling a self-hosted platform that installs, orchestrates and governs more than 170 third-party AI and data tools inside a customer's own cloud or on-premises infrastructure, plus its own Kaji agent and an LLM gateway.
Federal corporation 1189667-9, status Active, with annual returns recorded as filed for 2024, 2025 and 2026. ised-isde.canada.ca
Incorporated as DevSentient Inc. in February 2020 and renamed Shakudo Inc. on 2021-11-01 by certificate of amendment, per the federal register. ised-isde.canada.ca
Raised a US$7M all-equity Series A2 announced February 2026, led by Wittington Ventures with Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, RTP Global and two customer executives. No valuation disclosed. betakit.com
States its platform runs AI inside the customer's own infrastructure on their own data, rather than requiring data to leave it. shakudo.io
Own case-studies page names customers Whitecap Resources, FlexiVan, Huntington Bank, Ritual, CentralReach, Speedgauge and QuadReal, alongside Loblaw. shakudo.io
Products & Services
Company site: shakudo.ioProducts Shakudo publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Compass
AI agent governance
Company describes it as governance for AI agents, announced in August 2026 as a way of stopping ungoverned agents operating inside an enterprise.
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Announced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Series A2 (all-equity, all-primary; closed late October 2025)
Feb 17, 2026
US$7.0Mbetakit.comInvestors: Wittington Ventures (lead), Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, RTP Global, Chris Sullens, David Stevens
Series A
Jul 5, 2023
US$7.2Mbetakit.comInvestors: GreatPoint Ventures (lead), RTP Global, Golden Ventures, Parade Ventures
Total disclosed: US$14.2MLatest: Series A2 (all-equity, all-primary; closed late October 2025) · Feb 17, 2026
Partnerships
Publicly announced partnerships.
Loblaw Companies Limited
Loblaw partnered with Shakudo to give its Digital and Technology & Analytics teams a common platform to build, deploy and govern first-party AI applications at enterprise scale (announced 2026-05-04).
Government & Grants
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, National Research Council Canada — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program, to DevSentient Inc. (now Shakudo) — contribution
Recent News
- Aug 26, 2026Product
Stopping ungoverned AI agents with Compass
Shakudo announced Compass, a governance product for enterprise AI agents, extending its platform beyond deployment into oversight of what agents are permitted to do.
- May 4, 2026Partnership
Loblaw partners with Canadian AI company Shakudo to accelerate its AI adoption and deployment
Loblaw announced a partnership with Shakudo to manage and scale AI, ML and data infrastructure, giving its Digital and Technology & Analytics teams a common platform for building and governing first-party AI applications.
- Feb 17, 2026Funding
Shakudo raises US$7M strategic round
Shakudo announced a US$7M round led by Wittington Ventures with Golden Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures and RTP Global, adding customer executives to its cap table to fund sovereign enterprise AI deployments.
People
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Yevgeniy Vahlis
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Christine Yuen
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Technology Focus
Company site: shakudo.ioTerms the company uses about its own work.
AI infrastructureMLOpsData orchestration
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