Graft

Graft

Provides customized AI solutions for businesses

Overview

Graft builds AI solutions for businesses to automate routine tasks and boost productivity. Its AI acts as a teammate, handling repetitive work so teams can focus on high-impact activities. The offerings are customized to each client and designed for a wide range of industries, with a business model based on charging for the AI services provided. Graft emphasizes data security, being SOC II Type 2 compliant, encrypting data in transit and at rest, and not using client data to train its models. This combination aims to democratize AI by making practical, secure AI assistance accessible to small- and medium-sized businesses rather than only large enterprises.

About Graft

Simplify's Rating
Why Graft is rated
C
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$24.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • You.com completed Graft's acquisition on 2025-10-21, validating its enterprise infrastructure.
  • Graft raised $14.5 million by 2023, with GV, NEA, Radical Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.
  • Graft's modern AI platform launched widely on 2023-07-26, reaching broader customers.

What critics are saying

  • Graft disappeared as an independent company after You.com's 2025 acquisition.
  • Customer priorities now follow You.com's enterprise roadmap, not Graft's standalone vision.
  • Enterprise AI infrastructure commoditizes fast; OpenAI, Microsoft, and Databricks squeeze margins by 2027.

What makes Graft unique

  • Graft built an intelligence layer for foundation models over multimodal company data.
  • Adam Oliner and Eric Schkufza brought Slack, Splunk, and ML infrastructure pedigrees.
  • The no-code platform targeted production AI without large ML teams or infrastructure.

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Funding

Total Funding

$24.5M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
$2M
Netflix
$2.3M
Instacart
$3M
Robinhood
$10M
Graft

Benefits

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-5%

1 year growth

-10%

2 year growth

0%
Pulse 2.0
Oct 23rd, 2025
You.com Acquires Graft for AI Expansion

You.com has acquired Graft to enhance its enterprise AI search infrastructure. Graft's Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Oliner, joins as Field CTO, and Co-Founder Eric Schkufza becomes Senior Principal Engineer. Graft's technology, designed for LLMs, will help You.com connect data to AI systems, improving its modular AI platform. This acquisition aims to boost You.com's enterprise strategy and technological capabilities, leveraging Graft's expertise in AI and machine learning.

AV
May 24th, 2024
Alumni Ventures Invests in Graft - Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures is a recent investor in Graft. The company built an Intelligence Layer that helps clients enhance business operations and build better products.

TS2 SPACE
Jul 26th, 2023
Graft raises $10 million seed investment to expand access to its AI development platform

Graft, an AI development platform, has announced a $10 million seed investment to further its goal of making AI accessible to all companies, regardless of their size or engineering resources.

TS2 SPACE
Jul 26th, 2023
Graft raises $10 million seed investment to expand access to AI development platform

With this latest funding, Graft has raised a total of $14.5 million, following a $4.5 million pre-seed round last year.

TechCrunch
Jul 26th, 2023
Graft is building an AI development platform for the masses

When Graft launched its AI development platform in beta last year, it was looking to build something that put AI within reach of every company, not just the largest ones with tons of engineering resources.

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