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About: /about-us
Apply now: /talk-to-us
Blog Engineering deep-dives on sovereign AI infrastructure.: /blog
Blog: /blog
Cloud-Native Infrastructure Kubernetes-native, Helm charts, and Terraform modules.: /platform/cloud-native-infrastructure
Cloud-Native Infrastructure: /platform/cloud-native-infrastructure
Compound AI Orchestrate multi-step AI pipelines with agents and tools.: /solutions/compound-ai
Compound AI: /solutions/compound-ai
Contact: /contact
Dedicated Inference Dedicated open-weight model serving.: /products/dedicated-inference
Dedicated Inference: /products/dedicated-inference
DeepSeek R2: /library
Deploy On-prem model deployments on Kubernetes/dstack, model library, and fine-tuning.: /products/deploy
Deploy: /products/deploy
Docs Full product documentation, API reference, and quickstarts.: https://docs.manylayers.io
Docs: https://docs.manylayers.io
Embedded Engineering Deployment assistance and integrations from our engineering team.: /platform/embedded-engineering
Embedded Engineering: /platform/embedded-engineering
Embeddings Semantic search and vector store pipelines.: /solutions/embeddings
Embeddings: /solutions/embeddings
Enterprise: /enterprise
Explore all →: /library
Financial Services Data sovereignty, per-desk budgets, and audit trails for regulated firms.: /solutions/financial
Financial Services: /solutions/financial
Frontier Gateway Frontier models via one governed endpoint.: /products/frontier-gateway
Frontier Gateway: /products/frontier-gateway
Gateway OpenAI-compatible multi-provider routing, guardrails, budgets, caching, and audit.: /products/gateway
Gateway: /products/gateway
Gemma 3 27B: /library
Get started: /demo
Governance Guardrails, PII firewall, audit logs, and per-team budgets.: /solutions/governance
Governance: /solutions/governance
Guides Step-by-step guides for platform teams.: /resources/guides
Guides: /resources/guides
Healthcare HIPAA-ready AI infrastructure for health data workloads.: /healthcare
Healthcare: /healthcare
Hybrid Managed control plane + data plane in your VPC. Prompts never leave your network.: /deployments/hybrid
Hybrid: /deployments/hybrid
Image Generation Generate and edit images via a unified API.: /solutions/image-generation
Image Generation: /solutions/image-generation
Learn about enterprise: /enterprise
Legal Privileged-data protection, RAG over case files, and citation-grounded answers.: /solutions/legal
Legal: /solutions/legal
Library Curated model library — specs, benchmarks, and deployment guides.: /library
Library: /library
Llama 3.3 70B: /library
ManyLayers: /
Mistral Large: /library
Model APIs OpenAI-compatible chat, embeddings, images, and audio.: /products/model-apis
Model APIs: /products/model-apis
Model Management Curated model library with versioning and deployment controls.: /platform/model-management
Model Management: /platform/model-management
Model Performance Latency, throughput, and quality metrics across all providers.: /platform/model-performance
Model Performance: /platform/model-performance
Model Serving Serve open-weight models on your own GPUs, fully air-gapped.: /solutions/model-serving
Model Serving: /solutions/model-serving
Multi-Cloud Capacity Cross-provider routing and failover.: /products/multi-cloud-capacity-management
Multi-Cloud Capacity: /products/multi-cloud-capacity-management
Phi-4: /library
Pricing: /pricing
Privacy: /privacy
Qwen 2.5 72B: /library
RAG Chat Ground your team's AI on internal knowledge.: /solutions/rag-chat
RAG Chat: /solutions/rag-chat
Routing & Performance Fallback chains, canary splits, semantic caching, and latency-aware routing.: /platform/routing-performance
Routing & Performance: /platform/routing-performance
SaaS Cloud Fully managed ManyLayers — we run the infra, you keep the keys.: /deployments/cloud
SaaS Cloud: /deployments/cloud
Security SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-ready, SAML/OIDC SSO, RBAC, and full request audit.: /platform/security
Security: /platform/security
Security: /security
Self-Hosted Air-gapped on-prem deployment with license file activation.: /deployments/self-hosted
Self-Hosted: /deployments/self-hosted
Startup program: /startup-program
Talk to us: /talk-to-us
Terms: /terms
Text to Speech High-quality TTS across multiple voices and providers.: /solutions/text-to-speech
Text to Speech: /solutions/text-to-speech
Training Fine-tuning on your data.: /products/training
Training: /products/training
Transcription Audio-to-text transcription at scale.: /solutions/transcription
Transcription: /solutions/transcription
Webinars Recorded webinars and live sessions on sovereign AI.: /resources/webinars
Webinars: /resources/webinars
Workspace Team chat, RAG knowledge bases, 20+ connectors, agents, workflows, evals, and voice.: /products/workspace
Workspace: /products/workspace
© 2026 ManyLayers. All rights reserved.: /

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Startup Program — ManyLayers
ManyLayers
Products
Modules
Gateway
OpenAI-compatible multi-provider routing, guardrails, budgets, caching, and audit.
Workspace
Team chat, RAG knowledge bases, 20+ connectors, agents, workflows, evals, and voice.
Deploy
On-prem model deployments on Kubernetes/dstack, model library, and fine-tuning.
Capabilities
Frontier Gateway
Frontier models via one governed endpoint.
Model APIs
OpenAI-compatible chat, embeddings, images, and audio.
Dedicated Inference
Dedicated open-weight model serving.
Training
Fine-tuning on your data.
Multi-Cloud Capacity
Cross-provider routing and failover.
Solutions
Use Cases
RAG Chat
Ground your team's AI on internal knowledge.
Governance
Guardrails, PII firewall, audit logs, and per-team budgets.
Model Serving
Serve open-weight models on your own GPUs, fully air-gapped.
Compound AI
Orchestrate multi-step AI pipelines with agents and tools.
Industries
Healthcare
HIPAA-ready AI infrastructure for health data workloads.
Financial Services
Data sovereignty, per-desk budgets, and audit trails for regulated firms.
Legal
Privileged-data protection, RAG over case files, and citation-grounded answers.
Modalities
Image Generation
Generate and edit images via a unified API.
Embeddings
Semantic search and vector store pipelines.
Text to Speech
High-quality TTS across multiple voices and providers.
Transcription
Audio-to-text transcription at scale.
Platform
Routing & Performance
Fallback chains, canary splits, semantic caching, and latency-aware routing.
Model Management
Curated model library with versioning and deployment controls.
Model Performance
Latency, throughput, and quality metrics across all providers.
Embedded Engineering
Deployment assistance and integrations from our engineering team.
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Kubernetes-native, Helm charts, and Terraform modules.
Security
SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-ready, SAML/OIDC SSO, RBAC, and full request audit.
Deployments
SaaS Cloud
Fully managed ManyLayers — we run the infra, you keep the keys.
Hybrid
Managed control plane + data plane in your VPC. Prompts never leave your network.
Self-Hosted
Air-gapped on-prem deployment with license file activation.
Resources
Library
Curated model library — specs, benchmarks, and deployment guides.
Blog
Engineering deep-dives on sovereign AI infrastructure.
Guides
Step-by-step guides for platform teams.
Webinars
Recorded webinars and live sessions on sovereign AI.
Docs
Full product documentation, API reference, and quickstarts.
Enterprise
Pricing
Talk to us
Get started
Startup Program
Accelerate your AI stack — without the infrastructure overhead.
ManyLayers for Startups gives AI-first companies free access to our full platform for 12 months, so you can focus on your product instead of your AI infrastructure.
Apply now
What you get
Free Team tier for 12 months — all features included
Multi-provider routing with 40+ supported providers
Guardrails, audit logs, and team budgets from day one
Workspace with RAG, agents, and 20+ connectors
On-prem model deployment with ManyLayers Deploy
Dedicated Slack channel with engineering support
Program benefits
Everything you need to ship AI products fast.
Free Team tier for 12 months
Full access to ManyLayers Gateway, Workspace, and Deploy at no cost for your first year. All features, no artificial limits on providers or connectors.
Dedicated Slack support
Direct access to our engineering team via a shared Slack channel. Questions answered within hours, not days.
Go-to-market support
Co-marketing opportunities, feature in our startup showcase, and introductions to enterprise customers when you're ready.
On-prem model serving
Access to ManyLayers Deploy for self-hosting open-weight models on your own infrastructure — GPU compute not included.
Early access to new features
Program members get preview access to features in development. Your feedback shapes the roadmap.
Usage guidance & evals
Hands-on onboarding session with our team to configure routing, guardrails, and evaluation pipelines for your specific use case.
Eligibility
Who qualifies for the startup program.
The program is designed for early-stage AI-first companies. If you're unsure whether you qualify, apply anyway and we'll let you know.
01
AI-first product
Your core product is built on or deeply integrates with AI — LLMs, embeddings, or multimodal models are central to what you're building.
02
Seed through Series A
Company founded within the last five years, and at Seed, Pre-Series A, or Series A stage. No prior ManyLayers commercial contract.
03
Net-new to ManyLayers
You are not currently a paying ManyLayers customer. Existing free-tier self-hosted users are welcome to apply.
“Setting up a compliant AI gateway used to mean months of work and a dedicated infra engineer. With ManyLayers we had routing, guardrails, and audit logs running in an afternoon — and never had to worry about where our user data was going.”
Founder — AI productivity startup (seed stage)
Apply to the ManyLayers Startup Program.
Apply now
Learn about enterprise
Products
Gateway
Workspace
Deploy
Frontier Gateway
Model APIs
Dedicated Inference
Training
Multi-Cloud Capacity
Solutions
RAG Chat
Governance
Model Serving
Compound AI
Image Generation
Embeddings
Text to Speech
Transcription
Healthcare
Financial Services
Legal
Platform
Routing & Performance
Security
Model Management
Model Performance
Embedded Engineering
Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Deployments
SaaS Cloud
Hybrid
Self-Hosted
Resources
Library
Blog
Guides
Webinars
Docs
Company
About
Contact
Talk to us
Startup program
Enterprise
Pricing
Popular models
Llama 3.3 70B
DeepSeek R2
Qwen 2.5 72B
Mistral Large
Gemma 3 27B
Phi-4
Explore all →
© 2026 ManyLayers. All rights reserved.
SOC 2 Type II
HIPAA Ready
Terms
Privacy
Security
