Kilo Code Raises $8 Million to Expand AI Coding Platform

December 16, 2025
Kilo Code has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Cota Capital, joined by Breakers, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and Tokyo Black. The San Francisco-based startup plans to expand its open-source AI coding platform, which integrates with tools like VS Code and JetBrains and supports over 500 models.

Kilo Code has secured $8 million in seed funding to grow its AI-powered coding platform, reports CNBC. The round was led by Cota Capital, with participation from Breakers, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and Tokyo Black.

The San Francisco-based company was co-founded by Scott Breitenother, formerly of Brooklyn Data, and Sid Sijbrandij, GitLab’s co-founder and executive chair. Since launching in early 2025, Kilo has surpassed 750,000 downloads and become the top-ranked service on OpenRouter. Its platform processes over six trillion tokens monthly and integrates with code editors such as Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs.

Kilo Code’s open-source platform offers developers access to more than 500 AI models from providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and Mistral. It supports agentic coding across local and cloud environments and recently introduced features like parallel agents, AI-driven code review, and one-click deployment.

The new funding will be used to expand product development, strengthen partnerships with model providers, and support the company’s goal of becoming a unified platform for agentic engineering.

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