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The default way of running on-device AI at Scale

Winter 2026Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
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On-Device AI Management PlatformSaaSEnterprises deploying models to edge devicesLow competition
Moat
Single SDK for all device types; control plane for model management and policy enforcement.
Key risk
Device fragmentation; developer adoption friction; competition from cloud providers.
Why now
Edge AI adoption accelerating; device security and privacy regulations drive on-device preference.
Competitors
Emerging space, cloud provider edge offerings

About

Edge AI is inevitable, but shipping it is painful: every device class behaves differently, runtimes vary, models are huge, and performance collapses under memory/power constraints. RunAnywhere turns that into an enterprise-ready workflow: one SDK to run models on-device, plus a control plane to manage models, enforce policies, and measure outcomes across thousands of devices.

Founders ยท 2

Sanchit Monga
Sanchit MongaCo-founder & CEO

Former Intuit engineer building RunAnywhere, the infrastructure layer for deploying fast, private, multimodal AI on-device at scale. Deep background in mobile SDKs, platform tooling, and developer products, including systems used by 50M+ active users. Previously founded products across consumer discovery, context management, agentic documentation, and mobile testing, and now focused on making on-device AI production-ready across mobile, edge, and embedded devices.

Shubham Malhotra
Shubham MalhotraFounder
AppleAmazonMicrosoft

Co-founder & CTO of RunAnywhere (W26). Built MetalRT: the first complete multi-modal inference engine for Apple Silicon. Custom Metal GPU kernels that pushed on-device voice AI from 900ms to ~110ms. Ex-Amazon EC2 Spot ($100M+ ARR), Ex-Microsoft Azure. Peer-reviewed researcher.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator ยท Jan 2026
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One SDK + Control Plane to Deploy, Route, Update, and Observe On-Device AI โ€“ Offline-First, Hybrid-Smart, Fleet-Managed

RunAnywhere provides a full-stack on-device AI infrastructure with a single SDK and a control plane to manage multi-engine models, delivery, and policies. It enables offline-first, hybrid routing for on-device AI across iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter, targeting developers needing reliable local inference with observed performance and OTA updates.

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