# Kolena

> Kolena is a San Francisco-based AI company building software that automates document-heavy workflows for regulated industries - real estate, insurance, banking, and financial services. Founded in 2021 by Mohamed Elgendy, Andrew Shi, and Gordon Hart, the company began as a rigorous ML model testing platform and has since extended that quality-first DNA into agentic document workflow automation, with an emphasis on transparency, citations, and auditability.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Mohamed Elgendy (Co-Founder & CEO), Andrew Shi (Co-Founder & CTO), Gordon Hart (Co-Founder & CPO)
- **Team size:** ~35 employees
- **Products:** Document Workflow Automation Platform, ML Testing Platform (legacy / origins), Lease Abstraction, Insurance Claims Processing, Banking & Loan Compliance
- **Notable:** Raised $21M total funding by 2023, $15M Series A led by Lobby Capital in September 2023, SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant

## Products & services

- **Document Workflow Automation Platform** — AI-powered platform that reviews, validates, generates, and acts on claims, leases, financial packages, and compliance files - with reasoning logs and citations on every output.
- **ML Testing Platform (legacy / origins)** — End-to-end ML model testing for computer vision, NLP, LLMs, time series, and multi-modal models - allowing teams to identify and track failure modes.
- **Lease Abstraction** — Automated extraction and validation of lease terms for real estate operators.
- **Insurance Claims Processing** — Document-heavy claims review and decisioning for insurers.
- **Banking & Loan Compliance** — Compliance-grade processing of loan packages and banking files.

## Achievements

- Raised $21M total funding by 2023
- $15M Series A led by Lobby Capital in September 2023
- SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant
- Adopted by Fortune 500 enterprises and government bodies
- Pivoted from ML testing tooling into agentic document workflow automation

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — Closed $15M Series A led by Lobby Capital.
- **2024** — Expanded product into agentic document workflow automation for regulated industries.
- **2025** — Continued rollout of SOC 2 / HIPAA-grade deployments for real estate, insurance, and banking customers.

## Links

- Website: https://kolena.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kolena-ai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kolenaIO
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kolena

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Last updated: 2026-06-28