Concentrate AI New York LLM gateway profiles Concentrate AI, which launched out of stealth from New York on June 10, 2026 with a managed LLM gateway and more than $5 million in pre-seed funding led by True Ventures and RRE Ventures. Founded by CEO Ari Jacoby and CTO Todd Lieberman, Concentrate gives production AI teams one API to access 130+ frontier and open-source models with governance, spend controls, and security built in by default — with no platform markup on tokens.
Industry positioning
- Universal API: Point clients at
https://api.concentrate.ai/v1and route across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, and other providers through one key. - Enterprise controls: Team workspaces, spend tracking by org/team/key/model, request logs, fallbacks, PII/PCI/PHI redaction, zero-data-retention options, SSO/SAML, RBAC, and audit logs.
- Pricing model: Free orchestration layer; tokens billed at provider cost without the ~6% platform fees cited vs. OpenRouter on the corporate FAQ.
- Positioning: Managed alternative to self-hosted LiteLLM with persistent logs, team controls, and production reliability.
Business context
- Launch: Stealth exit June 10, 2026 as AI legislation expands across U.S. states and enterprises shift from experimentation to production infrastructure.
- Target customers: YC-stage startups through mid-market and enterprise teams shipping AI in production.
- Premium tiers: Extended logging, SLAs, and dedicated support available for enterprise deployments.
Languages & accessibility
Platform UI and documentation are in English. NYC office accessibility is not confirmed on this desk review.
Location & contact
- Address: NYC — street not listed on concentrate.ai (Jun 2026 desk review), New York, NY 10001, United States
- Phone: Not published on the public site at last desk review — sign up at concentrate.ai.
- Website: concentrate.ai
Last verified (desk review): June 2026 — product features, pricing thesis, funding, and founders verified against concentrate.ai and Access Newswire; street not published.
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Sources cited for this profile
- Concentrate AI — official website (concentrate.ai)
- Access Newswire — stealth launch (Jun 10, 2026)
- DevCuration — $5.1M pre-seed coverage (Jun 2026)
- Ari Jacoby — CEO (press coverage)
- Todd Lieberman — CTO (press coverage)
- True Ventures — lead pre-seed investor
- RRE Ventures — co-lead pre-seed investor
- 130+ models — product page
- API base URL — api.concentrate.ai/v1 (product page)
- Enterprise feature list — SSO, RBAC, ZDR, redaction (product page)
- OpenRouter pricing comparison — FAQ (concentrate.ai)
- LiteLLM comparison — FAQ (concentrate.ai)
- NEW YORK, NY dateline — Access Newswire (Jun 10, 2026)