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CopilotKit
Seattle, Washington, United States
CopilotKit is a Seattle-based AI developer-infrastructure company founded by brothers Atai Barkai and Uli Barkai and operated by Tawkit, Inc. It develops open-source SDKs and enterprise software for embedding AI agents into applications with streaming responses, shared state, tool actions, human review and generative user interfaces. The company created AG-UI, an open agent–user interaction protocol, and provides frontend SDKs, backend integrations, messaging-channel connections and an Enterprise Intelligence platform for persistent agent threads and application data. Its products connect AI-agent frameworks to web, mobile and workplace messaging interfaces. Its AI relevance is software infrastructure and human–agent collaboration; no neurological or medical-device indication is claimed. The company and Glilot’s investment lead announced a $27 million Series A on May5,2026; summaries that divide this total between seed and Series A funding are documented as conflicting disclosures and are not counted again. Public sources name its founders, technology/product leaders, growth team, engineers and technical collaborators; unnamed open-source contributors are not treated as employees.
Founded 2023
Team
 Alem TuzlakSoftware Engineer |
Alex ClarkeTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Anmol BaranwalTechnical Writer |
 Atai BarkaiCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Austin MerrickTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
Benjamin TaylorTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
Cham EspañolaTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Craig IrwinVice President of Sales |
David McKayHead of Forward Deployed Engineering |
Dustin ClarkTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Eli BermanGrowth Team |
 Heidi SpitzHead of Revenue Operations |
 Jerel VelardeStaff Applied AI Engineer |
 Jordan RitterChief Technology Officer |
 Josh GordonTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
Lukas MoschitzTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Mark FogleLead, Partnerships and Integrations |
 Markus EckerSoftware Engineer |
Martha SchumannSoftware Engineer |
 Maxim ZubarevTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Maximiliano KorpTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Mike RyanPrincipal Architect |
 Nathan TarbertCommunity and Developer Relations |
Precious Aprille PlataTeam Contributor (title undisclosed) |
 Ran Shem TovFounding Engineer |
 Sam JulienDirector of Product |
 Sofía Sánchez-ZárateHead of Technical Ecosystems |
 Travis MurdockHead of Go-To-Market |
 Tyler SlatonFounding Engineer and Head of Open Source |
 Uli BarkaiCo-Founder and Head of Growth |