Our verdict
OneByZero raised a US$20 million Series A led by Jungle Ventures in October 2026, its first outside funding, after three years of putting AI into production for banks, telecom operators, and retailers. It suits a large Asia Pacific enterprise that wants governed AI agents running inside existing systems with an on-site engineering team, and it is less suited to a US mid-market buyer looking for a small fixed-scope product build.
The right buyer
- Asia Pacific banks, telecom operators, and retailers that want AI coworkers inside live systems. Its press materials say deployments have automated more than 90% of some customer-facing interactions and cut data-modernization timelines by about 50% (OneByZero press release).
- Buyers who want a forward-deployed model. Engineers work alongside the client team to identify value, ship the system, and stay to run and improve it (OneByZero press release).
- Enterprises that need governance and audit trails. Its NEO platform records every agent action and is described as SOC 2 Type II compliant on the homepage (onebyzero.ai).
Reasons to look elsewhere
- Its public client record is thin on named logos; case claims come from the firm and trade press, and named customer case studies are scarce.
- Headquarters and most delivery sit in Asia Pacific, so a US-only buyer who needs an onshore American team should look elsewhere.
OneByZero, At A High Level
Niket Vaidya and Vibhore Kumar founded OneByZero in 2023 in Singapore after Vaidya spent a decade scaling Unscrambl and Kumar brought research work from IBM and Georgia Tech. The firm calls itself a Frontier AI Deployment Company: forward-deployed engineers plus the NEO control layer that runs AI coworkers inside the client’s cloud (about page; TechNode Global).
- Headquartered in Singapore with operations in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam, and a planned Japan team (press release).
- Raised US$20 million Series A led by Jungle Ventures on 5 October 2026, its first external funding, after saying revenue more than doubled each year for three years (press release).
- Builds and deploys exclusively on Amazon Web Services; the about page lists GenAI Innovation Centre partnership and an ASEAN Consulting Rising Star of the Year 2026 award (about page).
- We estimate annual revenue at about $8 million to $15 million from the Series A stage, nine-market footprint, and three years of doubling growth (TechNode Global).
Scores by criterion
We scored OneByZero from its Series A press release, about page, and TechNode Global coverage. Delivery model and technical depth score highest; commercial clarity scores lowest because it publishes no terms.
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production track record | 20% | 7.0 | Three years of enterprise deployments in regulated sectors and a published Series A. |
| Technical depth | 15% | 7.5 | NEO platform, AI coworkers, forward-deployed engineering, and AWS-native builds. |
| Industry depth | 10% | 6.5 | Financial services, telecommunications, and retail, with plans for healthcare and the public sector. |
| Delivery model and handoff | 15% | 7.5 | Engineers embed with the client and stay to run and improve production systems. |
| Commercial clarity | 10% | 5.0 | No published rates or engagement minimums. |
| Platform independence | 10% | 6.0 | AWS-only public stack; open-weight and small models mentioned for client-built AI. |
| Stability and scale | 10% | 6.5 | Founded in 2023 with a $20 million Series A and nine operating markets. |
| Independent evidence | 10% | 6.5 | Trade press coverage of the Series A; few independent client reviews online. |
| Overall | 100% | 6.7 | Weighted average |
Where OneByZero fits
OneByZero is used by large Asia Pacific enterprises that want governed AI agents inside the systems they already run, with a local engineering team that stays after go-live. On price it is an upper mid-market to enterprise services firm funded to expand. Competitors on this site include UNKAPPED for forward-deployed AI engineers, SapienAI for Claude-only consulting, Tribe AI for specialist AI networks, and Making Sense for mid-market agentic product work.
| Need | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Governed AI coworkers inside enterprise systems | Strong | NEO is built as the control layer with a record of every agent action. |
| Forward-deployed AI engineering in Asia Pacific | Strong | Local teams in nine markets work inside the client’s environment. |
| A US mid-market product team for a SaaS feature | Weak | Its focus is large regulated enterprises across Asia Pacific. |
| Data modernization on AWS | Good | Homepage crews cover Teradata and Hive migrations onto AWS Glue and Redshift. |
What clients and leaders say
OneByZero’s leaders and clients describe its work in published announcements. One buyer concern is written from public facts about the firm.
“Every enterprise can now get access to powerful AI. The value comes when it runs inside the systems that run the business, under the company’s own rules, and gets better every week.”
“We have built NEO so companies can define what AI is allowed to do, where human judgement is required and how every system is governed.”
“The Series A story is strong, but we could not find named customer case studies on the site, so we asked for two reference calls in our industry before we signed.”
Where customer reviews couldn’t be found, our analysts attempted to give a voice to buyer sentiment, drawing on real information from review sites, forums and product documentation. Based on: OneByZero Series A press release and homepage, which describe results without naming client logos.
Who leads OneByZero
Niket Vaidya is CEO and a co-founder of OneByZero (about page).
