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SERIES A AI Squared closes $13.8M led by Ansa Capital (Apr 2024) ACQUISITION Open-source reverse ETL project Multiwoven joins AI Squared LEADERSHIP Darren Kimura named CEO to drive AI integration STAT 87% of AI projects never reach production - the gap AI Squared targets PLATFORM UNIFI ships with 100+ connectors for data sources and LLMs SERIES A AI Squared closes $13.8M led by Ansa Capital (Apr 2024) ACQUISITION Open-source reverse ETL project Multiwoven joins AI Squared LEADERSHIP Darren Kimura named CEO to drive AI integration STAT 87% of AI projects never reach production - the gap AI Squared targets PLATFORM UNIFI ships with 100+ connectors for data sources and LLMs
COMPANY PROFILEENTERPRISE AI  ·  MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA  ·  FOUNDED 2019

AI Squared

The infrastructure for agentic enterprise AI. AI Squared connects governed data to the apps teams already use - so machine learning stops living in notebooks and starts showing up in the workflow.

UNIFI UNIFI Federal Sparx Agent Multiwoven (OSS)
AI Squared logo
AI SQUARED, INC. - The company's mark. Rooted in national-security-grade data engineering, it now sells the plumbing that carries AI into Salesforce, Slack and ServiceNow.
$19.8M
Total Raised
100+
Connectors
~67
Employees
2019
Founded
The Dispatch

The company betting on AI's boring, decisive last mile

Most enterprise AI never ships. By the industry's own reckoning, roughly 87% of AI projects never reach production - not because the models are weak, but because the last stretch, from a data warehouse to a person's actual screen, is slow, complex, and disconnected from the people meant to use it. AI Squared, founded in 2019, built its entire business around that gap.

The premise is unglamorous on purpose. Rather than train another foundation model, AI Squared assembles the integration layer that carries insights out of platforms like Databricks and Snowflake and into the tools employees already open every day: CRMs, ERPs, spreadsheets, ServiceNow, Slack, and custom apps.

The company calls this "operationalizing agentic AI." In plainer terms: it makes AI show up where work happens, with governance, traceability, and audit logs attached. Its flagship platform, UNIFI, ships with more than 100 connectors linking data sources, large language models, and business applications, and lets teams build workflows in natural language with controls applied automatically.

That focus reflects the founders' background. Company founder Benjamin Harvey spent more than a decade at the National Security Agency and later worked on Databricks' data science team - a lineage that shows up in AI Squared's security-first posture and its comfort with regulated, high-stakes buyers.

It's not about shipping models, it's about delivering outcomes that enterprises can trust, measure, and scale.
Darren Kimura · Chief Executive Officer
By The Numbers

Where enterprise AI stalls

The production gap AI Squared sells against

ILLUSTRATIVE · BASED ON PUBLICLY CITED INDUSTRY FIGURES
AI projects that never reach production87%
UNIFI connectors for data + LLMs + apps100+
Stated goal: deployment time cutMonths → Days
Series A raised (Apr 2024)$13.8M

Figures reflect company statements and publicly reported industry estimates; bar lengths are illustrative, not to scale.

The Problem & The Angle

What it fixes, and why it looks different

The problem it solves

  • AI insights trapped in notebooks and dashboards, far from decision-makers
  • The "last mile" between a data warehouse and the app a worker actually uses
  • Slow, custom integration work that stalls projects before value lands
  • Governance, auditability, and security demands in regulated industries
  • Legacy systems that resist rip-and-replace modernization

How it differs

  • Embedded delivery inside existing tools, not another standalone dashboard
  • Model-agnostic - open-source, commercial, and proprietary systems all supported
  • Security-first origins in national-security-grade data engineering
  • Federal-ready via UNIFI Federal for secure government environments
  • Backed by open source - the acquired Multiwoven connector ecosystem
Products & Services

The stack, part by part

Flagship Platform

UNIFI

The core platform for enterprises scaling AI beyond pilots - 100+ connectors, governed workflows, natural-language building, and embedded delivery into business apps.

2025
Government

UNIFI Federal

A mission-critical build hardened for secure government and defense environments, with zero-trust architecture, RBAC, and audit logging.

2025
Growth Teams

Sparx Agent

AI agents that growing businesses can deploy without an infrastructure overhaul - a lighter on-ramp to agentic workflows.

2025
Open Source

Multiwoven

An open-source reverse ETL and data-activation platform that turns any warehouse into a customer data platform. Acquired in 2024; powers a fast-growing connector community.

2024
Business Model & Market Position

How it makes money, and who it beats

AI Squared is a B2B enterprise software company. It licenses its integration and delivery platform - UNIFI, UNIFI Federal, and Sparx - to large organizations and government agencies, typically on a subscription basis, with virtual private cloud or on-premises deployment for buyers who cannot send data outside their own walls.

The open-source Multiwoven project sits underneath as both a community and a top-of-funnel engine: it draws data engineers, seeds a large connector ecosystem, and demonstrates the plumbing that the commercial product productizes and governs.

In the market, AI Squared lands in the same conversation as data-activation and reverse-ETL players like Hightouch and Census, and against broader MLOps and AI-integration platforms - and, often, against in-house engineering teams building the last mile themselves.

Its wedge is delivery plus governance plus federal readiness. Customers referenced across public materials include financial institutions, supply chain and logistics firms, and U.S. government and defense agencies, with partners spanning Databricks, Snowflake, NVIDIA, and Microsoft.

87% of AI projects never reach production because integration is slow, complex, and disconnected from end users.
AI Squared · Company thesis
Funding

The raise

$13.8M
SERIES A · APRIL 2024 · TOTAL FUNDING ≈ $19.8M
Ansa Capital (lead) NEA Ridgeline
Timeline

From founding to CEO succession

2019

AI Squared founded

Benjamin Harvey and co-founders start the company to tackle the enterprise AI "last mile."

April 2024

$13.8M Series A

Ansa Capital leads the round, with NEA and Ridgeline participating, taking total funding to about $20M.

2024

Multiwoven acquisition

AI Squared acquires the open-source reverse ETL platform to speed data and AI delivery into business apps.

2024

Darren Kimura joins

The technology executive comes aboard as President and Chief Operating Officer.

2025

Kimura named CEO

Darren Kimura is promoted to Chief Executive Officer to drive the AI-integration strategy.

FAQ

Quick questions

What does AI Squared do?

It provides an enterprise platform that integrates AI and machine learning insights into the business applications people already use, connecting governed data sources to CRMs, ERPs, spreadsheets, and custom apps.

Who founded AI Squared and when?

The company was founded in 2019 by Benjamin Harvey - a former NSA data scientist - along with co-founders including Allan Jean-Baptiste, Brian Landron, Jacob Renn, and Nagendra Dhanakeerthi.

How much funding has AI Squared raised?

AI Squared raised a $13.8M Series A in April 2024 led by Ansa Capital, with NEA and Ridgeline participating, bringing total funding to roughly $20M.

What is Multiwoven?

Multiwoven is the open-source reverse ETL and data-activation platform AI Squared acquired in 2024, which turns any data warehouse into a customer data platform and powers a large connector ecosystem.

Who are AI Squared's customers?

Its platform is used by Fortune 500 enterprises, financial institutions, supply chain and logistics firms, and U.S. government and defense agencies.

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