- Graftcode delivers service interactions up to 70% faster than conventional web services and is inherently compatible with AI-driven software workflows.
- Backed by Hard2beat, Digital Ocean Ventures and Heartfelt Capital, Graftcode aims to be used by 200,000 developers by the end of 2026.
- Graftcode’s core platform is free for developers following the open infrastructure model of Docker and HashiCorp.
- 70% of software development time is spent on integrating and wiring systems together rather than building business logic.
- Graftcode removes the integration layer code, allowing applications in any programming language to connect with a single command, with no APIs, middleware or client code required.
Graftcode, a developer platform that removes the integration layer code between software systems and allows applications written in any programming language to connect with a single command, has raised €2.1 million. Hard2beat led the round with additional participation from Digital Ocean Ventures, Heartfelt Capital, and private investors, including company employees. The round brings Grafcode’s total funding to €6.5 million. The investment comes as Graftcode launches the beta version of its platform, aiming to accelerate early developer adoption and establish a new standard for how software systems interact.
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Software integration has become one of the biggest drains on development time and budget. According to Forrester, 70% of software development work today is integration code. This means wiring front ends, back ends and integration layers together rather than building new business logic. This integration overhead is a major driver of technical debt: McKinsey estimates that technical debt consumes around 40% of IT assets and adds 10–20% to project costs, while Deloitte puts its annual cost in the United States at approximately $1.5 trillion. As organizations adopt AI, this problem compounds: systems built on fragile integration architectures are ill-equipped to handle the demands of agentic AI workflows, which Gartner research predicts will lead to widespread abandonment of AI projects by 2027.
Graftcode addresses this with runtime bridging, a new approach that allows applications written in different programming languages to communicate directly without APIs, middleware or client code. Instead of writing and maintaining large integration layers, developers can connect services with a single command, which automatically generates the required client module. The platform supports 14 programming languages and integrates with all major cloud infrastructure, including AWS, Azure and GCP. It also spans all major categories of software integration, including web, mobile and IoT to cloud, cloud-to-cloud, microservices communication, and cloud-to-AI and in-memory interactions. Interactions between services run up to 70% faster than with conventional web services, with cloud cost reductions of up to 10%.
Przemysław Ładyński, Co-Founder and CEO of Graftcode, said: “For two decades, the software industry kept optimising how systems connect rather than questioning whether that complexity should exist at all. We built Graftcode to remove the integration layer entirely, not improve it. Developers can focus purely on business logic, and their systems become immediately ready for AI consumption without any additional work. Our ambition is for Graftcode to become the global standard for software integration, the way Docker became the standard for containerisation: free for every developer, and eventually open-sourced its core components as the community grows.”
Maciej Zawadzinski, Partner at Hard2beat, said: “With over 20 million developers globally, the need for simpler ways to connect software systems is only growing. This challenge becomes even more critical as companies build increasingly complex, AI-driven applications. Graftcode introduces a fundamentally new approach that has the potential to reshape how developers build and scale modern software.”
Adam Bartkiewicz, Partner at Digital Ocean Ventures, said: “Most integration tools just add another layer on top of the problem. Graftcode takes a fundamentally different approach. Runtime bridging removes the integration code entirely instead of managing it. Przemysław and Łukasz Ładyński spent two decades building enterprise integrations before they decided the whole model was broken. Now, as AI workflows demand seamless service-to-service communication, that bet looks increasingly right. Companies were reaching out before the beta even launched—that kind of developer pull is the strongest signal we look for.”
Like HashiCorp’s Terraform and Docker, Graftcode is built on the conviction that infrastructure technology can only become a true standard if it is free. The core platform will remain free for all developers. The new funding will support expanded language coverage, deeper compatibility with AI-assisted development workflows, and continued platform development. The company aims to reach 200,000 users by the end of 2026 and two million by 2027-2028.
Graftcode is a developer platform that eliminates the integration layer between software systems. Using a technology called runtime bridging, the platform enables applications written in different programming languages to connect directly — without APIs, middleware or client libraries. Founded in Warsaw by Przemysław and Łukasz Ładyński, who have spent over two decades building enterprise integration technology, Graftcode is free for all developers and aims to become the global standard for software integration.
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