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Delta Development Team Solidifies Leadership and Continued Support in Prehospital Blood Space with Successful Series A3 Close

TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 4, 2025 — In a U.S. market where fewer than 2% of EMS agencies have implemented prehospital blood programs—and over 70% of those rely on Delta Development Team (DDT) systems—DDT is emerging as the clear leader in a rapidly expanding space. Today, the company announced the successful close of its Series A3 funding round, marking a major milestone in its growth trajectory.

Unlike many startups navigating a tight funding landscape, DDT completed its extended Series A round in just nine months. This momentum is a direct result of its increasing adoption across both civilian and military healthcare sectors, its growing reputation as the gold standard in cold chain technology, and its alignment with evolving protocols that prioritize earlier access to blood in the field.

“This market is transforming fast—and we’re not just keeping pace; we’re driving the shift,” said Montgomery Leija, CEO of Delta Development Team. “From military partnerships to frontline EMS units, our systems are becoming foundational infrastructure for evolving prehospital blood programs.”

The Series A3 round was backed by a mix of strategic capital and non-dilutive funding, including support from the U.S. Air Force’s TACFI (SBIR) program. This funding structure enables DDT to scale quickly while minimizing dilution and operational risk.

Investors

Amongst other investors, this round attracted a consortium of top angel networks known for backing breakthrough healthcare and deep-tech ventures:

  • Desert Angels – A cornerstone of the Southwest’s startup scene, Desert Angels has invested over $65 million in more than 165 companies. Their involvement signals strong regional and national belief in Delta’s mission.
  • Arizona Tech Investors (ATI) – With a focus on high-growth innovation across Arizona and beyond, ATI’s members bring not only capital but also a deep bench of technical and operational expertise.
  • Baylor Angel Network (BAN) – BAN’s unique blend of capital and analytical rigor—powered in part by its student analyst program—adds another layer of strategic insight to Delta’s investor base.
  • Pasadena Angels – A force in Southern California’s innovation ecosystem, the Pasadena Angels contribute early-stage funding and mentorship, backed by a network of seasoned executives and entrepreneurs.
  • Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) – Among the most active angel groups in the country, CTAN brings deep experience in scaling early-stage ventures and unlocking growth in complex markets.

About Delta Development Team (DDT)
Delta Development Team is redefining emergency medical care through rugged, field-ready refrigeration, monitoring, and logistics systems. Its mission is to ensure frontline responders have the tools they need to deliver lifesaving blood and biologics when and where they’re needed most.

To learn more, visit deltadevteam.com or contact [email protected].

SOURCE Delta Development Team

AI startup PhnyX Lab secures $4 million in funding round led by SK Networks, with participation from Aidan Gomez, Illia Polosukhin, and other notable angel investors

SEOUL, South Korea and PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2025 — PhnyX Lab, a pioneering GenAI startup transforming how life science companies operate, announced the successful close of a $4 million seed round through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). The round was led by SK Networks, with participation from several prominent angel investors—including Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, and Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol—both of whom are original co-authors of “Attention Is All You Need,” the paradigm-shifting work that ushered in the transformer era and laid the foundation for today’s generative AI models, including ChatGPT. Their involvement follows extensive discussions with both Sung-hwan Choi, Executive Advisor to PhnyX Lab and COO of SK Networks, and Min-seok Bae, CEO of PhnyX Lab—reflecting a shared conviction in the transformative role of AI.

“This funding marks an important milestone that reflects PhnyX Lab’s potential to fundamentally transform how life science companies work,” said Min-seok Bae, CEO of PhnyX Lab. “Our mission goes beyond improving efficiency—we’re reimagining the way critical work gets done, helping organizations accelerate not only drug discovery but also approval and delivery. The early success of our Cheiron platform and its rapid adoption by leading pharmaceutical companies has proven the real-world impact of our technology. With this funding, we’re positioned to scale our team, deepen our product capabilities, and forge global partnerships that push the boundaries of what’s possible in life sciences.”

PhnyX Lab’s flagship platform, Cheiron, launched in December 2024, is already gaining strong traction across industry with over 60 companies, including all of Korea’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies by revenue, using Cheiron to streamline complex workflows such as research paper and clinical trial searches.

Building on this momentum, PhnyX Lab is now expanding Cheiron into a broader product suite. In June, the company entered strategic partnerships with SK Biopharmaceuticals and Samil Pharmaceutical to support the development of Cheiron Write—a new offering under the Cheiron brand designed to automate medical writing. Cheiron Write aims to compress documentation workflows that traditionally take months into just weeks or even hours. This expansion marks a pivotal step toward transforming manual, fragmented pharmaceutical processes into intelligent, integrated workflows—bringing the company closer to its vision of fundamentally reengineering how life sciences work.

SOURCE PhnyX Lab LLC

OrbiMed Raises $1.86 Billion for Healthcare Royalty & Credit Fund V

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2025 — OrbiMed, a leading global healthcare investment firm, today announced it has raised $1.86 billion in commitments for OrbiMed Royalty and Credit Opportunities Fund V.

Consistent with its predecessors, Fund V will provide tailored investment solutions to growth-oriented healthcare companies, with a focus on non-dilutive credit and royalty-based financing. OrbiMed expects to partner with healthcare companies across many sectors, including biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and technology-enabled healthcare services.

“Equity markets have been challenging in recent years for biotech and life sciences companies,” said OrbiMed General Partner Matthew Rizzo. “Our flexible, non-dilutive capital solutions can help our portfolio companies to grow and thrive despite these volatile market conditions. The OrbiMed platform is uniquely positioned to fund healthcare innovation and growth on a global basis.”

Investors in this new fund include a broad range of medical institutions, university endowments, foundations, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. 

“Over 90% of Fund V’s committed capital is from existing, long-standing firm relationships,” said OrbiMed Managing Partner Carter Neild. “We are grateful for this support, and will endeavor to deliver exceptional results to our partners.”

About OrbiMed
OrbiMed is a leading healthcare investment firm, with over $17 billion in assets under management. OrbiMed invests globally across the healthcare industry, from start-ups to large multinational corporations, through private equity funds, public equity funds, and royalty/credit funds. OrbiMed seeks to be a capital provider of choice, providing tailored financing solutions and extensive global team resources to help build world-class healthcare companies. OrbiMed’s team of over 145 professionals is based in New York City, London, San Francisco, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Herzliya and other key global markets. For more information, please visit www.orbimed.com or follow us on X @OrbiMed.

SOURCE OrbiMed

Global AI Data Center Infrastructure Leader Zettabyte Receives Strategic Investment from Lam Capital

Lam Capital Joins Funding Round Alongside Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron

TAIPEI, Aug. 1, 2025Zettabyte, a fast-growing innovator in AI data center infrastructure software, today jointly announced a new strategic investment by Lam Capital, the corporate venture arm of Lam Research Corp., a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services for the semiconductor industry. The funding round also included participation from Wistron, Foxconn and Pegatron.

Zettabyte is transforming the AI compute landscape with its turnkey GPU cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to enable next-generation AI data centers. The company’s proprietary Zware platform unifies the entire AI infrastructure software stack—from networking to full cluster management. Zware advanced liquid cooling enables a sovereign systems architecture with a focus on cybersecurity, efficiency, and scalability.

Lam Capital’s participation in the round alongside other prominent investors underscores the increasing importance of AI infrastructure as demand for GPU computing continues to outpace supply in the generative AI era. Zettabyte’s vertically integrated software-hardware model is purpose built to address this supply-demand gap, optimizing every layer of AI compute environments.

“Zettabyte operates at the intersection of two megatrends: AI and infrastructure,” said Kevin Chen, managing director at Lam Capital. “This investment highlights the importance of supporting the advancement of next-generation AI data center infrastructure solutions to enable the next wave of innovation across the semiconductor ecosystem.”

The funding round will support Zettabyte in its global expansion efforts and help accelerate the development of Zsuite. Built for end-to-end optimizations and IaaS, Zsuite is designed to significantly reduce total cost of ownership for enterprise and public-sector customers.

“We are honored to welcome Lam Capital as a strategic investor,” said Kenneth Tai, Chairman of Zettabyte. “Their support validates our mission to reimagine AI infrastructure from the ground up—merging performance, efficiency, and sovereignty in a unified platform.”

About Zettabyte
Zettabyte is a global leader in AI data center infrastructure and full-stack GPU software. Its flagship product, Zware, delivers optimized AI computing through custom hardware, advanced cooling, and software-defined orchestration.

SOURCE Zettabyte

Comp AI secures $2.6M pre-seed to disrupt SOC 2 market

 Comp AI Raises $2.6M in Pre-Seed Funding to Revolutionize Enterprise Compliance with AI-Powered Automation  

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1, 2025 — Comp AI, an emerging player in the compliance automation space, today announced it has secured $2.6 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate its mission of transforming how companies achieve compliance with critical frameworks like SOC 2 and HIPAA. The funding round was co-led by OSS Capital and Grand Ventures, both bringing specialized expertise in backing innovative technology companies. OSS Capital, known for investing in open-source challengers including ProjectDiscovery, Plane, and Cal.com, joins Grand Ventures, which has a strong track record supporting developer and infrastructure platforms such as Astronomer, Payload, and Tembo. The round also includes participation from notable angel investors David Cramer, founder of Sentry, and Ben Tossell of Ben’s Bites.

Addressing a Broken Industry
Compliance frameworks like SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 have become essential for securing enterprise contracts, but the traditional path to achieving certification remains manual, expensive, and time-consuming. Comp AI is positioning itself as a disruptive alternative by combining open-source collaboration with advanced agentic AI automation. Since emerging from stealth in April 2025, the company reports impressive early traction. Comp AI claims its first batch of customers has collectively saved over 2,500 hours on manual compliance work. The startup has also participated in Vercel’s Spring ’25 OSS initiative and attracted more than 3,500 companies to its pre-launch testing program. The founding team consists of experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Mariano Fuentes, Lewis Carhart, and Claudio Fuentes, who bring firsthand experience with the compliance challenges facing startups. Having navigated SOC 2 compliance at their previous ventures, the trio identified significant inefficiencies in the current market landscape.

Challenging Established Players
Comp AI is directly challenging established compliance platforms, which the company characterizes as costly and labor-intensive solutions that still require founders to spend weeks on manual compliance management. The startup claims its AI-powered approach can automate up to 90% of the compliance process, resulting in what it describes as “instant product-market fit” and monthly growth exceeding 89%.

Investment and Growth Plans
The new funding will support Comp AI’s expansion across multiple fronts over the next three months:

  • Open-source platform expansion: Enabling security professionals and auditors to contribute control templates, framework mappings, and automation tools
  • AI Agent Studio launch: Moving from beta to general availability, this tool allows customers to deploy automated agents for evidence collection, risk assessments, and vendor onboarding

Industry Recognition
The investment has drawn enthusiastic endorsements from both lead investors.”We have been blown away by Comp AI’s speed of execution and customer obsession. GRC has long been overdue for open source disruption, and Comp AI is delivering that in spades,” said Joseph Jacks, Founder of OSS Capital. Nathan Owen, General Partner at Grand Ventures, added: “GRC – specifically compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.) – has needed bold innovation for years, and Comp AI is leading the charge. Their platform isn’t an incremental improvement – it’s a complete reinvention.”

Looking Forward
According to the team, as Comp AI continues scaling its operations, the company is actively recruiting new team members. The funding round positions Comp AI to capitalize on the growing demand for streamlined compliance solutions as more companies seek to accelerate their path to enterprise readiness in an increasingly regulated business environment.

About Comp AI
Comp AI is a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2025 that’s revolutionizing how companies approach compliance certification. The company provides an AI-powered trust management platform that automates compliance for major frameworks, including SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and 25+ other regulatory standards.

Mission: To help 100,000 companies achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance by 2032, making enterprise-grade security accessible to companies of all sizes without the traditional $25K+ annual costs and complexity. Comp AI is positioned as “the Vercel of compliance” – offering a developer-friendly, modern alternative to legacy compliance platforms that are often slow, expensive, and built primarily for large enterprises.

Contact:-

CEO, Founder
Lewis Carhart
Bubba AI, Inc.
[email protected]     

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SOURCE Comp AI

SiMa.ai Raises $85M to Scale Physical AI, Bringing Total Funding to $355M

Maverick Capital Led the Oversubscribed Round with StepStone Group Joining as a New Investor

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2025SiMa.ai, a pioneer in delivering purpose-built hardware and software solutions for Physical AI, today announced it has raised $85 million in an oversubscribed round, bringing total capital raised to $355 million. The latest round was led by Maverick Capital, with continued participation from existing investors and new investor StepStone Group.

This funding will fuel SiMa.ai’s global expansion and accelerate the scale-up of its Physical AI platform, including increased investment in software innovation, go-to-market operations, customer success, and strengthening the automotive roadmap.

“This new funding further validates our leadership in the Physical AI space and the growing demand for Physical AI solutions that deliver best-in-class performance per watt with industry-leading ease of use,” said Krishna Rangasayee, Founder and CEO at SiMa.ai. “With strong support from new and existing investors, we’re scaling quickly to extend our competitive lead and meet global customer demand across robotics, automotive, industrial automation, aerospace & defense, smart vision, and healthcare.”

SiMa.ai delivers the industry’s leading full-stack Physical AI platform with SiMa.ai ONE—an integrated, power-efficient solution combining purpose-built silicon and a software-centric approach to simplify deployment and maximize performance. The platform features Modalix, its second-gen multimodal MLSoC now shipping, and Palette, a comprehensive software suite with both SDK and Edgematic, a no-code visual development tool. Supporting all major ML frameworks—including vision, transformers, and generative AI—on a unified architecture, SiMa.ai enables fast, efficient AI adoption across real-world use cases across customers in robotics, automotive, industrial automation, aerospace & defense, smart vision, and healthcare.

“SiMa.ai is redefining what’s possible at the edge by combining world-class silicon with a uniquely software-centric approach to Physical AI. Their ability to deliver high-performance, low-power solutions with frictionless deployment positions them to lead in a market that’s scaling fast. We’re thrilled to support SiMa.ai as they accelerate their growth and continue to deliver transformative value across industries,” said Andrew Homan, Managing Partner at Maverick Capital.

“As generative AI transforms the data center landscape, we see immense opportunity in the next phase of innovation—AI at the edge,” said John Avirett, Partner at StepStone Group. “SiMa.ai’s full-stack solution, technical depth, and growing customer adoption make it a clear leader in this space. We’re excited to join the company’s journey and support its mission to drive efficient, scalable AI across real-world edge applications.”

As demand surges for AI at the edge—where power efficiency, performance, and simplicity are paramount—SiMa.ai continues to lead with a differentiated approach. By addressing the full system problem on a single chip and pairing it with a software stack optimized for developer experience, SiMa.ai is poised to lead the next wave of Physical AI innovation.

About SiMa.ai
SiMa.ai is a pioneer in Physical AI computing, developing innovative platforms that enable intelligent applications at the edge. The company’s Modalix platform delivers exceptional AI performance with industry-leading energy efficiency, making advanced AI capabilities accessible across diverse industries and applications such as robotics, automotive, industrial automation, aerospace & defence, smart vision and healthcare. Founded by seasoned technology veterans, SiMa.ai is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, visit www.sima.ai.

SOURCE SiMa.ai

KuCoin Ventures Announces Strategic Investment in Stable — The First Stablechain Powered by USDT

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, July 31, 2025 — KuCoin Ventures, the investment arm of leading global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, has announced a strategic investment in Stable, the world’s first high-throughput Layer1 blockchain powered by USDT, dedicated to serving as the infrastructure for stablecoin asset issuance and settlement while advancing the development of a global stablecoin clearing and settlement network.

Stable draws support from the teams at Tether and Bitfinex, with Bitfinex’s Chief Technology Officer, Paolo Ardoino, acting as a project advisor. This funding round featured joint participation from KuCoin Ventures and Paolo Ardoino, along with other investors including Bitfinex, Hack VC, Franklin Templeton etc. This diverse group—spanning crypto-native capital and established traditional finance players—underscores a strong market consensus on the need to evolve stablecoin infrastructure.

Positioned specifically for stablecoin payment use cases, this Layer1 blockchain targets three key challenges in current on-chain stablecoin applications: fluctuating fee structures, slow confirmation times, and complex user interactions. In contrast to public blockchains like Ethereum or Tron, Stable adopts a “built-for-stablecoins” approach in its architecture and user experience, aiming to transform how stablecoins are technically supported through its dedicated Stablechain network.

At the heart of Stable’s innovations are:

  • USDT as Native Gas: Stable uses USDT as the native gas token. Users do not need to hold any platform tokens to initiate transactions, and peer-to-peer USDT transfers are gas-free, greatly simplifying the user experience; 
  • High-performance architecture: Built on the StableBFT consensus (based on Cosmos’ CometBFT) and soon integrating a DAG architecture, Stable offers high throughput and near-instant confirmation times;
  • Enterprise-grade security & scalability: Businesses can apply for dedicated block space, enabling predictable transaction speeds and fees, making it ideal for enterprise-level payment needs.

This investment marks a continued expansion of KuCoin Ventures’ strategy in supporting next-generation payment infrastructure and the stablecoin economy.

Cass Tsai, the head of KuCoin Ventures, commented:

“We firmly believe in the long-term potential of stablecoins in global payment ecosystems. Stable, as a high-performance blockchain tailored for USDT, provides a clear path forward for scalable stablecoin circulation, settlement, and cross-border use cases. We look forward to working with the Stable team to advance the development of a global stablecoin clearing and settlement network, and to support the industry’s next growth chapter.”

Joshua Harding, Co-founder and CEO of Stable, said:

“Payments infrastructure around the world needs an overhaul, and traditional methods have failed to achieve fast, reliable, and secure digital payments despite massive demand from consumers across the globe. Stable was developed to take advantage of the potential behind stablecoins like USDT to offer instant and seamless payments, directly addressing problems with current payment rails. The support we have received from major investors in both crypto and traditional finance shows that they share our vision, one that we are incredibly excited to work alongside them to make a reality.”

About KuCoin Ventures

The leading investment arm of KuCoin Exchange, KuCoin Ventures, is committed to investing in the most disruptive crypto and blockchain projects shaping the Web3 era.

About Stable

Stable is the first Stablechain—a dedicated payments Layer 1 where stablecoins like USDT are used natively for gas and settlement.

SOURCE KuCoin

Echo Secures $15M Seed to Build AI-Powered Vulnerability-Free Application Infrastructure

NEW YORK, July 31, 2025 — Echo, an innovative startup building enterprise-grade software infrastructure, has raised $15 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Notable Capital and Hyperwise Ventures, with support from SVCI. Leveraging AI, Echo is eliminating vulnerabilities in container base images, the foundation of all applications. On the back of dozens of successful implementations, this funding will support Echo’s next phase of growth.

With AI now enabling code to be developed at unprecedented rates, the attack surface for vulnerabilities is expanding in tandem. Vulnerability exploitation has seen a 34% increase this year, correlating with a 61% year-over-year surge in discovered software vulnerabilities. That’s why Echo delivers container base images where vulnerabilities don’t exist by design.

AI agents drive each step – from analyzing the essential elements of the standard open source image to building a clean version from scratch and continuously patching it as new vulnerabilities are uncovered. The result is a clean image that mirrors, or echoes, the original’s exact functionality with a dramatically smaller attack surface.

“Echo was born out of a broken system,” said Eilon Elhadad, Co-Founder and CEO. “Today’s tools chase and prioritize vulnerabilities rather than solve the root of the problem. Our clean images enable companies to build on secure infrastructure, and our AI agents make sure it stays that way. We’ve reduced remediation timelines from an industry average of 120 days to just 24 hours – a transformative turnaround that’s reflected in customers’ existing scanners and CNAPPs.”

“Vulnerability management is a $17 billion industry. By offering secure-by-design infrastructure, it could unlock billions annually – not to mention the downstream cost savings of preventing potential breaches,” said Oren Yunger, Managing Partner at Notable Capital. “Echo gives businesses the luxury of not worrying about how to manage vulnerabilities,” said Nathan Shuchman, Managing Partner at Hyperwise Ventures.

Echo also fast-tracks FedRAMP compliance for cloud-based companies seeking U.S. Federal Government contracts through its ready-to-deploy, FIPS-validated images. And unlike existing solutions, Echo doesn’t require customers to switch to non-standard operating software – making it a seamless process to implement its images and opt in/out.

“Echo’s product is a game changer for us. The vulnerability-free container base images have immediately cut our patching workload, saving us significant time and money,” said Scott Roberts, CISO of UiPath.

Founded by Eilon Elhadad and Eylam Milner, previous co-creators of Argon (acquired by Aqua Security), Echo is redefining secure infrastructure from the ground up.

SOURCE Echo Software Inc.

Knit Secures $16.1M Series A to Redefine Enterprise Insights with Researcher-Driven AI

With $30M+ in total funding, Knit delivers human and AI-powered insights to leading enterprises including Amazon, NASCAR, Mars Wrigley, and Overtime to make smarter, faster data-powered decisions

AUSTIN, Texas, July 31, 2025 — Knit, the AI-powered platform transforming how enterprises conduct consumer research, today announced it has raised $16.1 million in Series A funding. The round was led by GFT Ventures and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures with continued participation from Silicon Road Ventures, Osage Ventures, Rise of the Rest, and others. Notable angel investors such as David Kirk, former Chief Scientist at NVIDIA, and Gokul Rajaram, founding partner of Marathon Management, also participated in this round.

Knit’s platform enables users to run custom research and receive “report-ready” insights within days that are driven by generative AI and human expertise. Traditional research solutions like market research agencies often provide industry insight but can be slow and costly. Meanwhile, new AI tools promise speed and affordability, but frequently lack depth and substance. Knit addresses these challenges by elevating, not replacing, the researcher to deliver high-quality insights at the pace modern teams demand.

“Today’s enterprise researchers are being asked to do more with less,” said Aneesh Dhawan, Co-Founder and CEO of Knit. “Knit empowers them to deliver fast, cost-efficient insights without sacrificing quality or control. This funding accelerates our vision for a human + AI platform that makes research accessible, contextual, and decision-ready.”

Each research project on Knit is powered by a unique combination of human researcher expertise and AI. Knit’s team of expert researchers works closely with customers to capture the nuance and context behind their research approach, ensuring that every study reflects both their specific goals and unique research style. That context is then embedded into the platform, where AI delivers fast, structured, and tailored outputs for use cases such as rapid concept testing or strategic customer segmentation. This human and AI approach transforms research from a bottleneck into a strategic advantage, helping teams run more studies, uncover sharper insights, and make a bigger impact, faster.

“Enterprise research is a massive market that’s ripe for AI disruption,” said Jeff Herbst, Founding Managing Partner at GFT Ventures. “Knit has built technology that truly meets the needs of modern research teams. Their traction with some of the world’s largest and most forward-thinking brands, standout team, and clear vision for where this market is headed position them to lead the new era of enterprise insights.”

The raise follows a year of strong momentum for Knit, marked by 5X year-over-year growth and widespread adoption across Fortune 500 brands. Knit has brought on more than 60 enterprise brands such as Amazon, NASCAR, Overtime, and Mars Wrigley to its platform to make data-driven decisions with real-time, researcher-driven insights. Moreover, investments from prominent VC firms like Sound Ventures, which have invested in OpenAI and Anthropic, have trusted Knit to become a leader in the researcher market for global brands.

“Knit’s growth reflects its ability to redefine how brands understand their customers by combining the rigor of traditional research with the speed of AI,” said Alexandra Burbey, Investor at Sound Ventures. “As AI becomes embedded in every workflow, Knit stands out by keeping human insight at the center.”

The capital will be used to accelerate product development, including new AI-powered features, and expand research use cases based on market needs. Knit will also scale its go-to-market and research teams to support its growing enterprise customer base and expand its international research capabilities.

“We’ve always wanted to scale our research efforts, but doing that without losing control over quality or consistency felt impossible, until we started working with Knit,” said Brooks Deaton, VP, Data & Insights at NASCAR. “Now, we can run more studies, explore more ideas, and support more teams across the org, all without adding headcount. Knit gives us the flexibility to move fast while staying grounded in rigor.”

Looking ahead, Knit is continuing to invest heavily in new AI capabilities. The company is also expanding its in-house research team to ensure every customer is paired with a skilled research partner on every project.

About Knit
Knit is the end-to-end, AI-native platform transforming how enterprises conduct consumer research. Built for speed and substance, Knit enables teams to run agency-quality quantitative and qualitative studies faster and receive report-ready insights in days. The platform’s Researcher-Driven AI model automates time-intensive tasks including analysis, synthesis, and reporting, while preserving the depth, rigor, and context that come from human insight and experience. By combining the power of AI with human expertise, Knit helps teams uncover sharper insights and drive faster, more confident decisions. The company is backed by GFT Ventures, Sound Ventures, Osage, Rise of the Rest, and Silicon Road Ventures. For more information about Knit, visit https://goknit.com.

SOURCE Knit / BAM Communications