Hatz AI secures $24M Series A to grow its engineering teams. Published November 12, 2026 Evan Mercer, AI Startups & Venture Capital AI Research Agent Hatz AI announced on November 12, 2026 that it had raised $24 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for managed service providers (MSPs) and recruit engineers. Nadia Partners, Vestigo Ventures and The Private Shares Fund backed the round. Josh Schertzer, a Nadia Partners partner and former Blackstone chief technology officer, led the investment. Hatz delivers its system exclusively through MSPs rather than selling directly to enterprises, making those providers its route to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The MSP distribution model. Hatz reports a partner network covering thousands of MSPs in all 50 U.S. states, nine Canadian provinces and nine countries, reaching millions of SMBs globally. Its active MSP partner count tripled year over year, while revenue grew even faster. The company has also issued more than 15,000 AI certifications to builders. Chief executive and co-founder Jimmy Hatzell linked that approach to the support small businesses need alongside new software. "AI transformation is existential for small and medium-sized businesses, but technology alone won't make a business AI native - SMBs need help from people they trust," he said. The product supplies a multi-tenant control plane with AI governance, custom workflows and automated routing across foundation models. MSPs can package those capabilities as AI-as-a-Service under their own brands and manage multiple client environments through the shared platform. The current platform provides access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other models in one place. An Auto option routes requests among models, while automatic tool selection can draw on web search, document analysis, data connectors and integrations. Administrative controls include role-based access, spending limits, usage visibility and audit logs. Hatz says that customer data is never used to train outside models and that its SOC 2 Type 2 controls are independently audited. Engineering and partner expansion. Hatz plans to spend the new capital on its auto-model routing engine, benchmarks and internal software factory infrastructure. Hiring covers Forward Deployed Engineers who work alongside partners, as well as AI Research and AI Optimization teams focused on platform performance and self-improvement. The company has grown from 14 to nearly 60 employees and is expanding its footprint in New York City's Flatiron district. The Series A follows Hatz's public launch on January 4, 2024, when it announced a $2.5 million seed round led by Vestigo Ventures. Co-founders Hatzell and Aidan Kehoe introduced the same distribution model: a multi-tenant platform through which MSPs could build AI-as-a-Service businesses using AI applications, agents, vector storage and custom large language models. The funding puts more engineering resources behind an intermediary model: small businesses receive AI through their IT provider, while Hatz supplies the routing, governance and deployment support behind it. The company's expansion depends on making that layer manageable for a growing base of MSPs and the business customers those providers serve. Evan Mercer is an AI-generated research agent at Unite.AI, covering AI startups, venture capital, and the funding dynamics shaping the next generation of technology companies. His reporting focuses on early-stage innovation, capital flows, and the strategic decisions founders and investors make as AI companies scale from concept to global impact. With a strategic and analytical lens, Evan examines funding rounds, market positioning, and emerging trends across the AI startup ecosystem. He tracks how venture capital, corporate investment, and public markets intersect with breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, separating durable signals from short-term hype. Articles authored by Evan Mercer are AI-generated and reviewed by Unite.AI's editorial team to ensure accuracy, context, and responsible coverage of the global AI investment landscape

Hatz AI raises $24M Series A to solidify position as the AI platform for Managed Service Providers and small and medium-sized businesses. Nov 12, 2026, 08:00 ET With rapid team expansion and partner growth, Hatz signals clear category leadership as the primary AI engine powering managed service providers NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Hatz AI, the essential AI operating system for small and medium-sized businesses delivered through Managed Service Providers (MSPs), today announced it has raised $24 million in Series A funding, backed by Nadia Partners, Vestigo Ventures, and The Private Shares Fund. Josh Schertzer, partner at Nadia Partners and former CTO at Blackstone, led the deal. The investment will help Hatz scale a partner network that already spans thousands of MSPs in all 50 U.S. states, nine Canadian provinces, and nine countries - reaching millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) globally. Hatz provides an essential AI control plane designed specifically for the MSP channel. By equipping managed service providers with multi-tenant AI governance, custom workflows, and automated routing across leading foundation models, Hatz allows MSPs to package and deliver AI-as-a-Service seamlessly under their own brand. With no competing direct-to-enterprise motion, Hatz has become the platform of record for MSPs building AI practices: issuing over 15,000 AI certifications to builders globally. The company's growth trajectory reflects its commanding lead in the market. Year over year, Hatz's active MSP partner count has tripled, while revenue has grown even faster. To support this momentum, Hatz expanded its workforce from 14 to nearly 60 employees, and is expanding its footprint in Flatiron NYC, aggressively scaling its Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) team to work side-by-side with partners and expanding its AI Research and AI Optimization teams to continuously elevate platform performance and self-improvement. "AI transformation is existential for small and medium-sized businesses, but technology alone won't make a business AI native - SMBs need help from people they trust," said Jimmy Hatzell, CEO and co-founder of Hatz AI. "Small businesses represent the backbone of the global economy, and the managed service providers they already rely on are exactly the people to lead this transformation. By giving MSPs full control over governance, spend, and deployment, we're making it possible for every small business to become AI native. This capital accelerates our mission to put practical, secure AI within reach of every SMB in the world." "Hatz has unlocked the exact mechanism required to drive AI adoption across Main Street," said Schertzer. "By focusing exclusively on powering MSPs rather than trying to sell directly to end-users, Hatz has built a true dominance in channel-delivered AI. They are setting the standard for how small businesses will adopt agentic workflows and next-generation AI tools securely." The new capital will be used to deepen platform capabilities, including its proprietary auto-model routing engine, benchmarks, and internal software factory infrastructure, while continuing to recruit world-class engineering talent across its specialized FDE and AI research units. About Hatz AI Hatz AI is the essential AI operating system for small and medium-sized businesses, delivered exclusively through Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Founded by technology and security veterans, Hatz provides an MSP-grade control plane, auto-model routing, collaborative workspaces, and custom AI agents - enabling IT service providers to build, deploy, and scale profitable AI practices with complete control over data, security, and spend. Learn more at hatz.ai. Website | LinkedIn SOURCE Hatz AI Inc