# Saris AI

> Saris AI builds agentic AI workflow agents that automate the repetitive, high-volume back-office work at banks and credit unions - lending, underwriting, compliance, and operations - without replacing the core systems institutions already run. Founded in 2024 by the ex-Oohlala Mobile team, the Montreal- and San Francisco-based company trains agents on each institution's own workflows to execute multi-step tasks under human supervision. In May 2026 it raised a $28.8M Series A led by 8VC to scale deployments and deepen integrations with partners like Fiserv, MeridianLink, and Encompass.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Montreal, Canada / San Francisco, USA
- **Founders:** Danial Jameel (Co-Founder & CEO), Alice Dinu (Co-Founder), James Dang (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~40 employees
- **Products:** Saris AI Workflow Agents, Agentic Lending Automation, White-glove Deployment
- **Notable:** Raised $28.8M Series A led by 8VC (May 2026)., Reports 9.8x cost reduction per workflow (from ~$2 to ~$0.21)., Claims a 300% employee productivity increase for deploying teams.

## Products & services

- **Saris AI Workflow Agents** — Agentic AI agents trained on an institution's existing workflows and systems to execute complex, multi-step back-office tasks - document intake, data extraction, compliance checks, and lending operations - under human supervision.
- **Agentic Lending Automation** — Automates up to 70% of tasks across consumer, mortgage, and commercial lending operations end-to-end, from document intake to compliance.
- **White-glove Deployment** — A deployment and optimization service where Saris trains and tunes agents to each institution's processes, requiring no engineering work from the customer.

## Achievements

- Raised $28.8M Series A led by 8VC (May 2026).
- Reports 9.8x cost reduction per workflow (from ~$2 to ~$0.21).
- Claims a 300% employee productivity increase for deploying teams.
- States its agents can automate up to 70% of consumer, mortgage, and commercial lending tasks.
- Founding team previously built Oohlala Mobile (Y Combinator), which became Ready Education.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Raised $28.8M Series A led by 8VC to scale deployments across financial institutions and deepen integrations with Fiserv, Encompass, and MeridianLink.
- **2026-05** — Announced plans to grow its team of specialists who train and deploy agents on customer workflows.

## Links

- Website: https://saris.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saris-ai
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/saris_ai

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Last updated: 2026-07-10