Join Norway's Next AI Success Story
tigercity.ai is an AI startup based in Oslo, Norway, solving the fundamental problem that's holding back the AI revolution.
Recognized Among Norway's Top Startups
TigerCity.ai has been selected as one of the Top 50 startups in the 2025 edition of 100 Pitches - Norway's largest pitching competition for investor-ready startups.
This competition, powered by DNB, Oslo Business Region, and Startuplab, recognizes the most promising Norwegian startups that demonstrate innovation, growth potential, and alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
But how in the world will you make money?
Largely through a token-based pricing model. You pay for training tokens, input tokens, and output tokens. Similar to OpenAI's model with competitive rates and, of course, with online training (which OpenAI lacks).
Initially, a prepaid credit system, so you pay in advance—so our customers don't get any nasty surprises when the bill comes. When you run out of credit, the system stops working until you add more money to your account. This eliminates the need for handling bad debt, etc.
This gives us revenue upfront which we can use to buy the GPUs we need to meet demand. We can scale with growing demand without requiring so much capital.
Alternatively, a subscription model can be considered at a later date. These are relatively popular, but have their downsides as well. The infrequent users subsidize the super users.
What is already built?
We have spent the last 2.5 years building this platform from the ground up. The following things are already built:
Complete API suite
Both inference and training endpoints in one platform
Continuous learning, continuous deployment
Your models stay live while training happens seamlessly in the background
Interactive playground
Perfect for prototyping and testing your agents
Zero technical complexity
No low-level ML expertise required
Scaling completed
Successfully transitioned to architecture supporting multiple concurrent users.
Company Setup
Establishing the formal business structure and legal framework.
Payment System
Implementing robust payment processing and subscription management.
What remains
With scaling completed, we're now focused on business operations and commercialization.
Commercialization
Taking the product to market and building our customer base.
Getting financial backers
Finding backers passionate about building a globally competitive AI platform from Oslo.
Technical Milestone completed
All major engineering challenges have been successfully resolved, creating a solid foundation and a clear path to commercialization.
Model Support
Full fine-tuning capabilities for Llama-3.1-8b and DeepSeek-R1-8b models
Proof of Concept
Validated technology with working demonstrations
Interactive Playground
User-friendly interface for testing and demonstrating capabilities
Programmatic API
Complete API for accessing and fine-tuning models programmatically
Web Platform
Professional website and user interface
Scaling completed
Successfully transitioned to architecture supporting multiple concurrent users
Next Milestone
With scaling now completed, the focus has shifted to commercializing the product.
Why Invest in us?
The Market Timing is Perfect
AI adoption is accelerating but failing to deliver ROI. Businesses are desperate for AI that actually works. It's no longer sufficient to just add chatbots every where and build agents that don't work - people are starting to expect more from AI. We're positioned perfectly to meet this growing demand.
Unique Technology: Continuous Learning While Live
Unlike every competitor — OpenAI, Claude, Together AI — our models can learn and improve while staying in production. No downtime, no redeployment. This isn't just an incremental improvement; it's a fundamental rethinking of how AI agents should work.
Advanced Safeguards Against Training Risks
We've developed a unique technology to mitigate the two biggest problems with continuous learning: Model stability - We've implemented guardrails that keep models stable over time. Anti-overlearning mechanisms - Prevents models from becoming too specialized to recent data.
Proven, Working Technology
We're not selling vaporware. All major engineering challenges have been solved: Full fine-tuning for Llama-3.1 and DeepSeek-R1, Working playground and API, Demonstrated proof of concept, 2.5 years of focused development. With the technical risk behind us, we have a clear path to commercialization.
Solving a $40 Billion Problem
MIT research shows 95% of organizations get zero ROI on AI investments. We know why: static models that can't adapt. We're not just building a better product—we're solving the core problem that's causing billions in failed AI investments.
Who are "we" exactly?
Tigercity.ai is an early-stage AI startup focused on making custom LLM training accessible to non-technical users. The company was founded by Erlend Grønnevet, who holds a Master's degree in AI from NTNU and has spent the past 2.5 years building the platform from the ground up. With more than four decades of software development experience, Erlend combines deep technical expertise with a strong focus on product usability and practical AI adoption.
Recently, Sithumya Jayawardhana joined the team after graduating in software engineering, bringing fresh energy and helping accelerate development of the platform. Together, we're working to make AI training and private deployment accessible to everyone, not just organizations with dedicated AI teams.
Erlend Grønnevet
Sithumya Jayawardhana
Values? TLDR: We love AI, hate the hype
We’re a Norwegian company, which means democracy, human rights, and truth are non‑negotiable.
We love AI, but we hate the hype. The industry is full of inflated claims and magic promises that mislead customers and frustrate developers. That’s why we commit to radical honesty about what our models can and cannot do. We’ll never oversell or mislead—only give the straight truth about capabilities, limitations, and realistic expectations.
This approach helps our customers plan with clarity and build solutions that deliver real value to real people, instead of wasting resources on empty hype.
We also believe in supporting open‑source solutions, because transparency and shared innovation make AI safer, stronger, and more accessible. And we stand firmly by free competition, because progress comes from healthy markets where the best ideas—not monopolies—win.
Most importantly, we respect your privacy. You retain complete ownership of your data, intellectual property, and trained models. We will never claim ownership over your work or use your data in ways you haven’t explicitly agreed to.
This is the Norwegian approach to business: direct, honest, and focused on long‑term relationships over short‑term profits. It’s also exactly what the AI industry needs right now.
What we are looking for:
Strategic Investors
Join Norway's next AI adventure. We're looking for financial backers who want to be part of building a globally competitive AI platform from Oslo. This is an opportunity to invest in proven technology with a clear path to commercialization.
Chief Executive Officer
Visionary leader to drive overall strategy, partnerships, and company growth while I focus on technology as CTO.
Legal & Compliance
Navigate Norwegian startup regulations, establish proper legal entity, handle compliance and intellectual property protection.
Sales & Marketing
Experienced professionals to develop go-to-market strategy, build partnerships, and establish our brand in the AI market.
Let’s talk!
Whether you're an investor, experienced manager, technical expert, or simply curious about joining an ambitious Oslo-based AI startup, we want to hear from you. You can either send mail to info@tigercity.ai or use the form below.
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