Graft

Graft

AI solutions for business workflow automation

Overview

Graft builds AI-powered solutions that act as a teammate for businesses, helping automate routine tasks and boost productivity. Its offerings are customized AI systems designed to handle repeated operational work, enabling teams to focus on high-impact activities. The product works by integrating secure AI tools into a company’s existing workflows, processing data to perform tasks, provide insights, and support decision-making, with data encrypted in transit and at rest. Graft differentiates itself by targeting small and medium-sized businesses with accessible, customized AI that does not use client data to train its models and is SOC II Type 2 compliant, underscoring a strong commitment to data security. The company’s goal is to democratize AI so a broad range of businesses can leverage intelligent automation, improve efficiency, and achieve better outcomes without needing large-scale resources.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Graft

Simplify's Rating
Why Graft is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated D+ 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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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $14.5M total funding, including $10M seed in 2023 from GV and NEA.
  • You.com acquired Graft on October 21, 2025, validating technology and team.
  • Starter plan at $32/user/month targets agencies for unstructured data AI.

What critics are saying

  • You.com acquisition ends Graft's independent operations and brand in 2025.
  • Graft.com domain is defunct and available for purchase as of 2026.
  • LangChain and OpenAI Assistants API capture SMB market with open-source tools.

What makes Graft unique

  • Graft's Intelligence Layer operationalizes foundation models over multimodal data.
  • Platform enables production-grade AI without machine learning expertise required.
  • Democratizes AI for SMBs lacking engineering resources via all-in-one solution.

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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

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

5%
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.

Alumni Ventures
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.

Graft
Jul 26th, 2023
Announcing the launch of our Modern AI Platform and $10 million seed round

Today Graft is thrilled to announce the wide availability of Graft’s Modern AI platform.

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