Seattle startup Griptape acquired by creative software firm Foundry

Griptape, a Seattle-based startup founded in 2023 by former Amazon Web Services executives, has been acquired by Foundry, a London-based company whose software is used in visual effects and animation across Hollywood. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Griptape built a platform that helps companies securely manage and coordinate multiple AI models and agents. Foundry said the deal will boost its push into AI-powered production tools.

“By bringing Griptape into Foundry, we can provide the tools our customers want to realize their creative vision more efficiently, while retaining control,” Foundry CEO Jody Madden said in a press release.

Griptape initially pitched itself as an enterprise-grade alternative to frameworks such as LangChain. The startup, which works with several production studios, raised a $12.5 million round in 2023. Investors include Seattle-area firm Fuse, as well as Acequia Capital, Crosslink Capital, Range Ventures, and Peterson Ventures. The company has 22 employees, according to LinkedIn.

Roche spent more than eight years at AWS. He previously founded 2lemetry, an IoT startup that Amazon acquired in 2015. 

Vasily Vasinov, the company’s co-founder and former CTO, left Griptape in 2025.