Tensor9 Raises $4M to Redefine Software Delivery into Enterprise Environments

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tensor9, the company behind a new enterprise any-prem platform that enables SaaS vendors to sell to enterprise customers, announced today that it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Wing VC, with participation from Devang Sachdev and NVAngels, Level Up Ventures, and strategic angels with backgrounds at Google (Michael Stoppelman), Cockroach Labs (Spencer Kimball), Benchling (Amit Gupta), and Amazon (Gert Lanckriet).

Tensor9 enables SaaS and AI vendors to deliver their full-stack applications directly into customer-owned environments: whether cloud-prem (in the customer’s cloud account), on-prem, or fully air-gapped. This unlocks high-security and regulated markets like healthcare, financial services, bioinformatics, and government, without burdening the vendor with complex bespoke engineering.

The Tensor9 platform transforms modern SaaS applications so that vendors can deploy them into customer environments with a single command, while maintaining observability, updateability, and secure operations. At the heart of the system is a digital twin architecture that mirrors customer-owned infrastructure, allowing vendors to operate, troubleshoot, and iterate as if the software were running in their own cloud — even when it’s not.

“Any-prem is becoming the new standard for enterprise software delivery,” said Michael Ten-Pow, co-founder and CEO of Tensor9. “Just as SOC2 became table stakes for trust, enterprises are increasingly expecting software to run inside their own environment. We want to help vendors unlock new customers while focusing on their differentiated value.”

Tensor9 was founded by a team of early AWS S3 engineers. The company has been working with vendors in devtools, enterprise databases and data management, AI applications processing sensitive data, and bioinformatics since launching early last year.

Wing VC partner Chris Zeoli commented, “Tensor9 is unlocking an entirely new route to market for enterprise software vendors. Their technology is deeply engineered and perfectly timed. Cloud-prem and Bring-Your-Own-Cloud is becoming a mission critical technology for AI, data and security vendors.”

About Tensor9

Tensor9 is building infrastructure for the any-prem era — enabling software vendors to securely deliver their full stack into customer-owned environments. Founded by a team of early AWS S3 engineers in 2024 and headquartered in Seattle, the company is backed by Wing VC with participation from Devang Sachdev and NVAngels, Level Up Ventures, and strategic angels from Google, Amazon, Yelp, and Cockroach Labs. The company is also advised by engineering leaders from the early AWS team.

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Eryn Muetzel
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Source: Tensor9

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