Firsthand, a NYC-based AI-powered model agent platform permitting manufacturers to draw and have interaction with shoppers, raised $26M in Sequence A funding.
The spherical was led by Radical Ventures, a return investor, with participation from FirstMark Capital, Aperiam Ventures, Michael Ovitz’s Crossbeam Enterprise Companions, and angel buyers together with David Rosenblatt, Brian O’Kelley, and Bob Lord.
The corporate intends to make use of the funds for product enlargement and group progress.
Led by Jonathan Heller, Michael Rubenstein, and Wei Wei, Firsthand supplies a model agent platform that permits entrepreneurs and publishers to have interaction shoppers by AI. Its Lakebed™ knowledge and information rights administration resolution ensures that entrepreneurs and publishers retain full management of their content material, permitting corporations to outline what Model Brokers can entry and the way that info is used. It additionally allows companions’ AI to securely cooperate on knowledge whereas guaranteeing that each one events retain full possession and management of their mental property.
A number of the world’s largest manufacturers and publishers are already utilizing it. The corporate is experiencing fast progress, with plans to double its workforce by yr’s finish.
FinSMEs
07/03/2025
