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Raylu
Raylu is a New York-based AI company building an AI-native deal origination platform for private-market investors. It turns an investment thesis into a custom market map, enriched company intelligence, and verified founder outreach in minutes rather than weeks - work that traditionally takes analysts days. Used by 45+ funds representing over $500B in AUM, Raylu raised an $8M Series A in December 2025, bringing total funding to $12M.
Ali Dastjerdi
Ali Dastjerdi is the co-founder and CEO of Raylu, a New York AI company that turns an investor's thesis into booked founder meetings in minutes instead of weeks. A Harvard machine-learning student turned Insight Partners investor, he started Raylu in 2022 with his freshman-year roommate and a friend they met at AWS. The trio raised a $4M seed and an $8M Series A, and now sell their 'Deal Engineering' platform to 45-plus funds managing over $500 billion. They keep one unopened beer in the office fridge, to be drunk only the day the company dies.