Oxylabs takes first outside capital at €3.1B valuation
Bootstrapped web-data company Oxylabs has taken its first external investment, adding fresh momentum to the infrastructure layer behind AI systems and agents.
A rare bootstrapped scaleup story just turned into a major AI infrastructure signal.
What happened
Vilnius-based Oxylabs secured €113.6 million in outside investment at a reported €3.1 billion valuation, marking its first external capital since the company was founded in 2015. The business has expanded from proxy infrastructure into a broader web-data platform used by enterprises and AI systems that need access to fresh, structured online information.
Why it matters
As AI agents become more capable, access to current web data is becoming a bigger infrastructure bottleneck. Models can reason over information, but many real-world workflows still depend on reliably gathering, cleaning and updating external data. That gives companies operating below the application layer a potentially valuable position in the AI stack.
The bigger picture
The AI boom is broadening beyond model developers and app startups. Capital is increasingly flowing toward the less visible infrastructure that helps AI systems access live information, operate across the web and support enterprise-grade workflows.