Poetic
poetic.com
$50M
Series A
Markie Wagner
Founder & CEO
- Markie Wagner is a Thiel Fellow who researched at Stanford and worked on machine learning at Google and Waymo before founding Poetic.
Series AAI-NativeEnterpriseB2B
6 AI & Machine Learning companies raised a combined $130.3M across 1 pre-seed, 1 seed, 4 series a. Tracked daily from announcement. Founder contacts and growth signals included.
- Markie Wagner is a Thiel Fellow who researched at Stanford and worked on machine learning at Google and Waymo before founding Poetic.
- Previously built Kontera Technologies, a large-scale intelligence platform acquired by Singtel in 2014.
- Anton Gladkoborodov co-founded Corca in 2023 to build a collaborative mathematics workspace from Brooklyn.
The AI & Machine Learning sector saw 6 funding rounds tracked on FundedStartupsDaily this year, totalling $130.3M. The median round sits at $24M, with 33% of activity at pre-seed and seed stage and the remaining 67% at Series A and later. Pre-Seed rounds dominate, accounting for 17% of all AI & Machine Learning activity in 2026.
Geographically, AI & Machine Learning funding is concentrated in United States, which accounts for 5 of the 6 raises (83%). The remainder is distributed across other regions tracked by FundedStartupsDaily.
The largest AI & Machine Learning round in 2026 is Poetic's $50M series a, led by Markie Wagner.
Every entry on this page is sourced from public funding announcements, then enriched with founder LinkedIn handles, company websites, and growth signals. If you're a founder, operator, salesperson, or recruiter tracking AI & Machine Learning, this page updates every weekday with new rounds.
| # | Company | Stage | Raised | Founder / CEO | Region | Signals | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 2 | Mimir mimir.ai | Pre-Seed | €518K | Jørgen Vartdal Halse CEO & Co-founder | Norway | Pre-Seed AI-Native B2B | |
| 3 | Poetic poetic.com | Series A | $50M | Markie Wagner Founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 4 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin Co-founder & CEO | United States | Series A AI-Native Enterprise | |
| 5 | Jedify jedify.com | Series A | $24M | Assaf Henkin CEO & Co-founder | United States | Series A Enterprise AI-Native | |
| 6 | Corca corca.com | Seed | $7.8M | Anton Gladkoborodov CEO & Co-founder | United States | Seed AI-Native B2B |