# Uli Barkai (slim)

> Uli Barkai is co-founder, CopilotKit; leads growth of partnerships and ecosystem. OpenDuet on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, CopilotKit; leads growth, partnerships and ecosystem.

## What Uli builds

- [OpenDuet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md), graded D, 49.5/100, in Personal assistants. OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval. Co-founder, CopilotKit; leads growth, partnerships and ecosystem, researched 2026-10-30.

## Works with

- [Atai Barkai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/atai-barkai/), Founder and CEO, CopilotKit
- [Jerel Velarde](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerel-velarde/), Staff Applied AI Engineer, CopilotKit; author of 70 of OpenDuet's 73 commits

## Backed by

- [Glilot Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/glilot-capital-partners/)
- [NFX](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nfx/)
- [SignalFire](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/signalfire/)
- [Discovery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/discovery-ventures/)
- [Vermilion Cliffs Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vermilion-cliffs-ventures/)
- [DVC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dvc/)
- [Abstraction Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/abstraction-capital/)
- [97212 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/97212-ventures/)
- [Deep Acre](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/deep-acre/)
- [J-Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/j-ventures/)
- [Gurtin Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gurtin-ventures/)
- [Fresh Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fresh-fund/)

## Questions

### Who is Uli Barkai?

Uli Barkai is co-founder, CopilotKit; leads growth of partnerships and ecosystem.

### What does CopilotKit make?

Anchor Terminal lists OpenDuet from CopilotKit.

### Who has invested in CopilotKit?

The sources our research read name Glilot Capital Partners, NFX, SignalFire, Discovery Ventures, Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, DVC, Abstraction Capital, 97212 Ventures, Deep Acre, J-Ventures, Gurtin Ventures and Fresh Fund.

### How are Uli's tools graded?

OpenDuet is graded D, 49.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.copilotkit.ai/blog/series-a
- https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkbjddprbx
- https://github.com/jerelvelarde
- https://api.github.com/repos/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/contributors
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/main/README.md
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/blog/introducing-openduet
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/terms-of-service
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/privacy-policy
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/self-service-agreement
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/CopilotKit/main/SECURITY.md
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/sitemap.xml

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