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    3. Katanemo Labs

    Katanemo Labs

    Katanemo Labs builds intelligent infrastructure and open-source technologies (like Plano and Arch) to accelerate the development and deployment of AI agents.

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    At a Glance

    1Tool Listed
    3Products
    5Capabilities
    Discussions
    Bellevue, WashingtonHeadquarters
    2022Est.
    7Employees
    Focus Areas
    Agent Frameworks
    LLM Orchestration
    Observability Platforms
    Connect
    Latest News
    DigitalOcean Acquires Katanemo Labs to Accelerate the Inference Cloud for the Agentic EraApr 2, 2026
    Katanemo Labs Releases Plano-Orchestrator-4B for Agentic WorkloadsApr 11, 2025
    Markets
    • AI Developers
    • Cloud-native Enterprises
    • SaaS Builders

    AI Tools by Katanemo Labs

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    Plano

    AI Native Proxy for Agents

    Agent FrameworksLLM OrchestrationObservability

    Discussions

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    Latest News

    04/02/2026

    DigitalOcean Acquires Katanemo Labs to Accelerate the Inference Cloud for the Agentic Era

    investors.digitalocean.com
    04/11/2025

    Katanemo Labs Releases Plano-Orchestrator-4B for Agentic Workloads

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    09/30/2024

    Launch of Arch-Router-1.5B: A Specialized LLM Routing Model

    huggingface.co
    03/14/2024

    Katanemo CEO Salman Paracha Discusses Intelligent Infrastructure at Supercloud 6

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    Products & Services

    3
    Plano
    2024

    An open-source data plane and proxy for AI that helps route prompts, optimize costs, and manage LLM interactions.

    Arch-Router-1.5B
    Sept 30, 2024

    A specialized 1.5B parameter model designed for intelligent LLM routing and gateway tasks.

    Plano-Orchestrator-4B
    April 11, 2025

    A small action model (SAM) fine-tuned for agentic orchestration and tool use.

    Market Position

    Differentiated by its focus on 'small action models' and an open-source AI data plane, positioning it as an operational layer for agentic AI rather than just a model provider.

    Leadership

    Founders

    SP

    Salman Paracha

    Co-founder and CEO. Former Group Vice President of Cloud Engineering at Oracle and Head of Product for Amazon Pinpoint at AWS.

    AH

    Adil Hafeez

    Co-founder and CTO. Former Software Development Manager at Amazon and Principal Engineer.

    Executive Team

    SP

    Salman Paracha

    Co-founder and CEO

    Former GVP at Oracle and AWS leader; currently SVP of AI at DigitalOcean following acquisition.

    AH

    Adil Hafeez

    Co-founder and CTO

    Former software leader at Amazon; current Principal Engineer at DigitalOcean.

    Board of Directors

    MM
    Mike Maples, Jr.
    Investor (Floodgate)
    AC
    Arjun Chopra
    Investor (Floodgate)
    AH
    Ammar Hanafi
    Investor (Moment Ventures)

    Founding Story

    Founded by former Oracle and AWS cloud leaders to simplify SaaS and AI infrastructure by creating a 'data plane' for intelligent applications.

    Business Model

    Revenue Model

    Open-source software with managed cloud infrastructure services (integrated into DigitalOcean Inference Cloud post-acquisition).

    Acquired by DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN)

    Target Markets

    Industries & Segments
    • AI Developers
    • Cloud-native Enterprises
    • SaaS Builders
    Use Cases
    • AI agent development
    • LLM cost and latency optimization
    • Secure AI gateway management

    Quick Facts

    Headquarters
    Bellevue, Washington, US
    Founded
    2022
    Entity Type
    Inc.
    Employees
    7
    Investors
    Floodgate, Moment Ventures
    Office Locations
    Bellevue

    Funding History

    Seed
    2022
    Floodgate
    Moment Ventures

    History & Milestones

    April 2, 2026

    Acquired by DigitalOcean to accelerate its Inference Cloud for agentic AI.

    April 11, 2025

    Released Plano-Orchestrator-4B, a small action model for agentic workloads.

    Sept 30, 2024

    Released Arch-Router-1.5B, a compact language model for LLM routing.

    Feb 2022

    Katanemo Labs founded by Salman Paracha and Adil Hafeez.

    Key Capabilities

    5
    Intelligent LLM routing
    Cost optimization
    Agentic orchestration
    Prompt gateway
    Small Action Models (SAMs)

    Connect

    Website
    planoai.dev
    GitHub
    katanemo
    Discord
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    AI Topics

    3

    Katanemo Labs focuses on these topics:

    Agent Frameworks(1)
    LLM Orchestration(1)
    Observability Platforms(1)
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