Kanu AI Raises $11.7M Seed Led by Trilogy Equity Partners

Kanu AI Secures $11.7M Seed Round

Seattle-based enterprise AI company Kanu AI has raised $11.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Trilogy Equity Partners, with participation from BMW i Ventures, a16z Speedrun, and Accel.

What Kanu AI Does

Kanu AI operates a platform that captures how employees actually work and turns those workflows into production-grade software deployed inside the customer's own cloud. Staff demonstrate their processes and connect the systems they already use. Kanu then builds, compiles, and maintains secure application workflows with human review checkpoints, full audit trails, and customer-controlled models.

Company Background

Kanu AI was founded just over a year before the round by CEO Karan Grover, a Y Combinator alum and former machine learning engineer. The company reports more than doubled revenue each quarter since launch.

Market Reach

Kanu AI serves enterprises in commercial real estate, insurance, financial services, and technology through AWS Marketplace and Google Cloud Marketplace.

Acquisition Angle

The seed round provides Kanu AI with capital to expand its enterprise AI workflow platform. For acquirers, the company offers a differentiated approach: capturing employee workflows and converting them into secure, auditable software deployed within the customer's own cloud environment. This model addresses data sovereignty and compliance concerns that often slow enterprise AI adoption. The company's presence on major cloud marketplaces and its traction across multiple verticals may make it an attractive target for larger enterprise software vendors or cloud providers seeking to embed workflow automation capabilities.

Key Details

• Funding amount: $11.7 million
• Round type: Seed
• Lead investor: Trilogy Equity Partners
• Additional investors: BMW i Ventures, a16z Speedrun, Accel
• Funding date: September 30, 2026
• Headquarters: Seattle
• Founder and CEO: Karan Grover
• Sectors served: Commercial real estate, insurance, financial services, technology
• Distribution: AWS Marketplace, Google Cloud Marketplace