Maisa AI Inc., a startup with a platform for building artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $25 million in seed funding.
Early Spotify Technology SA backer Creandum led the investment. It was joined by Forgepoint Capital International, NFX and Village Global. The latter two funds invested $5 million in Maisa AI last December.
Maisa AI’s platform enables business users to create AI agents using natural language prompts. According to the company, its software doesn’t require programming expertise or training datasets to use. Agents created with the platform can automate tasks such as extracting data from forms and scanning network traffic for malicious activity.
“Users can scale AI at pace, do so safely and without the need for an entire development team to support,” said Maisa AI co-founder and Chief Executive David Villalon.
The company says its AI agents can generate a step-by-step explanation of how they complete each task. That allows users to verify the work was carried out correctly. If an agent makes a mistake, workers can provide natural language feedback explaining what should be improved.
Maisa AI’s platform can resolve some processing obstacles automatically. The software includes a so-called self-sealing mechanism that allows agents to detect when task requirements change and adapt accordingly. Additionally, agents can ask for additional instructions or access to a third-party application if they can’t complete a task based solely on the user’s initial prompt.
Under the hood, Maisa AI’s platform is powered by a software engine called KPU. When a worker asks an agent to perform a task, KPU plans how the task should be carried out using a large language model. It then sends the plan to a component that completes the task and generates feedback on how it could be carried out more efficiently in the future.
The company first detailed KPU last March. It debuted a new release, Vinci KPU, in November. The upgraded version provides lower latency and supports test-time compute, which means it can increase the amount of infrastructure used during prompt processing to increase output quality.
Vinci KPU also includes what Maisa AI describes as an “integrated knowledge base consultation system.” That mechanism allows the software to verify the accuracy of AI agents’ prompt responses. Maisa AI says that Vinci KPU can find the information necessary to complete tasks more cost-efficiently than RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation, tools.
The company says its platform has been adopted by multiple large enterprises, including banks, automakers and energy companies. It will use its newly raised capital to grow its international presence and hire more workers.
Image: Maisa AI
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