Windmill raises $12M

Windmill announced a Seed round of $12M on 28 April 2026. The company operates in HR & Recruiting and is based in United States. It was founded by Max Shaw, CEO & Co-founder.

Raised
$12M
Stage
Seed
Industry
HR & Recruiting
Country
United States

Founder

Max Shaw
CEO & Co-founder, Windmill

Outreach angles

  • -Co-founded Windmill alongside Yext alum Brian Distelburger and Mark Tanner to apply context-graph thinking to people performance.
  • -Grew the Windy AI manager assistant past 100 customers including Kalshi, Rho, and Merge in roughly six months after the November 2025 launch.
  • -$12M seed led by Inspired Capital with Primary, Founder Collective, and Oceans Ventures funds the buildout of a workforce intelligence context graph.

Signals

SeedAI-NativeB2BEnterpriseHR & Recruiting

Round details

Company: Windmill
Domain: windmill.com
Amount: $12M
Stage: Seed
Industry: HR & Recruiting
Country: United States
Announced: 28 April 2026
Source: announcement

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