Polish startup Graftcode, which offers technology for building and integrating IT systems, has launched its public beta version and closed a new funding round. The company’s total financing has now reached PLN 28 million.
Graftcode accelerates communication between applications and within IT systems by up to 70% compared with traditional solutions and is designed to meet the growing demand for AI-driven software development. The Graftcode platform is free for developers, following the open infrastructure model known from companies such as Docker and HashiCorp. According to the company, as much as 70% of developers’ working time is spent connecting systems rather than building new features. Graftcode eliminates the integration code layer entirely. Applications written in any programming language can connect through a single command, without APIs, middleware, or client-side code. The funding round was led by Hard2beat, with participation from Digital Ocean Ventures and Heartfelt Capital. The company’s goal is to reach 200,000 developers by the end of 2026.
Graftcode, a developer platform that allows applications written in any programming language to connect with one another through a single command, without the need to write additional code, has raised PLN 9 million. The round was led by Hard2beat, and investors also included Digital Ocean Ventures, Heartfelt Capital, and private investors, including company employees. Graftcode’s total funding now stands at PLN 28 million. The investment coincides with the launch of the platform’s beta version, which is expected to accelerate the acquisition of its first users and establish a new standard for connecting IT systems.
Software integration is one of the heaviest burdens on IT budgets. According to Forrester, as much as 70% of development work consists of code that connects different systems—front ends, back ends, and middleware layers—rather than building new features. This kind of technical debt is becoming increasingly costly. McKinsey estimates that it consumes around 40% of IT resources and increases project costs by 10–20%, while Deloitte values the annual cost of technical debt in the United States at approximately USD 1.5 trillion. As AI adoption expands, the problem is becoming even more severe. Systems that were built over many years with large amounts of connecting code are struggling to meet the demands of modern AI applications. Gartner predicts that by 2027, most AI agent-based projects will fail for precisely this reason.
Graftcode addresses this problem with its proprietary runtime bridging technology. It allows applications written in different programming languages to communicate directly, without the need for additional connecting code, APIs, or middleware. Instead of building and maintaining extensive integration layers, a developer can connect systems with a single command that automatically generates and continuously maintains the required module in its up-to-date form. The platform supports 14 programming languages and works across all major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. It also covers all key integration scenarios: web, mobile, IoT, communication between microservices, public API exposure, and connections with AI systems. Communication between applications can be up to 70% faster than with traditional solutions, while cloud costs may fall by as much as 10%.
Przemysław Ładyński, co-founder and CEO of Graftcode, said: “For two decades, the IT industry has been optimizing the way systems connect instead of questioning whether this complexity should exist at all. We built Graftcode to eliminate the integration layer completely, not just improve it. Developers can focus exclusively on business logic, while their systems become instantly connected in the most efficient way possible and, at the same time, ready for AI consumption thanks to built-in support for the MCP protocol—the communication standard for artificial intelligence. Our ambition is for Graftcode to become the global standard for software integration, just as Docker became the standard for containerization: free for every developer, with the long-term goal of making key components available in an open-source model as the community grows.”
Maciej Zawadziński, Partner at Hard2beat, said: “In a world with more than 20 million developers, demand for simpler ways of connecting systems continues to grow. The challenge is becoming even more urgent as increasingly complex AI-based applications are being built. Graftcode introduces a fundamentally new approach with the potential to change the way developers build and scale modern software.”
Adam Bartkiewicz, Partner at Digital Ocean Ventures, added: “Most integration tools simply add another layer to an existing problem. Graftcode approaches it in a fundamentally different way. Runtime bridging eliminates integration code instead of managing it. Przemysław and Łukasz Ładyński spent two decades building enterprise integrations before concluding that the entire model was flawed at its core. Now, as AI workflows require seamless communication between services, that bet looks increasingly correct. Companies were reaching out even before the beta launch. That kind of traction from developers is the strongest signal we look for.”
Like Terraform from HashiCorp or Docker, Graftcode is built on the assumption that infrastructure technology can become a true industry standard only if it is free to use. The core version of the platform will remain free. The newly raised funds will be used to support additional programming languages, improve cooperation with AI tools, and further develop the platform. The company plans to reach 200,000 users by the end of 2026 and 2 million users in the 2027–2028 horizon.
