Dify, a Menlo Park, California-based provider of an open-source platform that helps teams build, deploy, and operate production-grade AI applications and agentic workflows, announced it has raised $30 million in series pre-A funding at a $180 million valuation. The round was led by HSG with participation from GL Ventures, Alt-Alpha Capital, a new spin-out from Bessemer Venture Partners, 5Y Capital, Mizuho Leaguer Investment, and NYX Ventures.
Founded by CEO Luyu Zhang, Dify provides a platform layer that enables organizations to build and operationalize domain-specific AI workflows across real business systems. The company offers a visual workflow builder combined with production infrastructure including prompt management, tool integrations, knowledge retrieval, debugging capabilities, and API deployment.
The platform sits between foundation models and enterprise systems, allowing teams to move from experimentation to production deployment while maintaining operational visibility and administrative control. Organizations use Dify to create workflows such as document review pipelines, internal copilots grounded in enterprise knowledge, customer support automation with escalation paths, and operational tasks like invoice auditing and correspondence drafting.
Since launching in 2023, Dify has grown into a widely adopted platform for agentic workflow development. The company says its open-source project ranks among the most starred repositories on GitHub and runs on more than 1.4 million machines worldwide. More than 2,000 teams and 280 enterprises are building on commercial versions of the platform, including organizations such as Maersk, ETS, Anker Innovations, and Novartis.
Dify plans to use the funding to accelerate its 2026 roadmap, including integrating advanced agent capabilities into the core product experience, building a dedicated enterprise product team focused on performance and compliance, launching new initiatives for the builder community, and delivering product updates aimed at lowering the barrier to adoption.
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“AI is moving from demos to production systems, and teams need infrastructure they can operate with confidence. We built Dify so teams can turn their domain knowledge and workflows into production-grade AI applications without rebuilding the stack each time. This funding accelerates our work to make agentic workflows more reliable, more observable, and easier for organizations to adopt at scale.”
Luyu Zhang, Founder And CEO Of Dify
“Dify gave us a practical way to move beyond prototypes and actually operationalize AI workflows. We were able to turn real business processes into maintainable systems, without rebuilding infrastructure every time.”
Mark Sear, Director Of AI Solutions Engineering At Maersk
“We believe the AI application layer is at an early but accelerating phase, and platforms that standardize AI development workflows are likely to capture durable value. We look forward to supporting Dify as they expand the platform and grow the ecosystem.”
Kui Zhou, Partner At HSG
