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Overview
Pilgrim Labs builds an AI-powered platform for product teams to turn customer feedback into strategic product decisions. It connects with data sources like Slack, Zendesk, and Gong to collect customer input and research in one place, then uses artificial intelligence to identify customer needs, pain points, and opportunities. This helps teams prioritize features and shape their roadmaps based on actual user sentiment rather than just anecdotes. Compared with others, Pilgrim combines multiple data streams into a single, data-driven view and targets product managers, designers, researchers, and executives to align everyone around customer insights. The company aims to help teams create customer-centric products more efficiently by guiding development with structured, evidence-based analysis.
About Pilgrim Labs
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$7.6M
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
Founded
2023
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Pilgrim raised $4.3 million in 2025 from Cantos, Thiel Capital, and Refactor.
- 2026 hiring for government ops signals push toward contracts and procurement pipelines.
- Redwood City recruiting across biology, hardware, and engineering supports faster product execution.
What critics are saying
- Pilgrim lacks active Defense Department contracts as of 2025-09-10, blocking revenue.
- Kingsfoil still lacks shelf availability and FDA approval timelines remain unproven.
- A 1-10 person team cannot fundraise indefinitely without contracts or regulatory wins.
What makes Pilgrim Labs unique
- Jake Adler launched Pilgrim in 2023, targeting battlefield-ready biotech, not software.
- Kingsfoil, Voyager, and ARGUS span wound care, chemical defense, and CBRN surveillance.
- Pilgrim sells mission-driven biotech with in-house prototyping and operational validation.
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Funding
Total Funding
$7.5M
Above
Industry Average
Funded Over
2 Rounds
Industry standards
Company News
Jake Adler, the 21-year-old founder of Pilgrim, demonstrated his biotech startup's wound dressing, Kingsfoil, by cutting open his leg on camera. This bold move helped Pilgrim raise $4.3 million from investors, including Peter Thiel. Pilgrim aims to develop battlefield-ready biotech for military and civilian use. Kingsfoil, a clay-based hemostatic dressing, is undergoing further testing and aims for expedited FDA approval. The company is also developing other biotech products.
how pilgrim, and its 20-year-old founder, plan to rethink defensive biotech
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About Pilgrim Labs
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$7.6M
Headquarters
Redwood City, California
Founded
2023
Pilgrim Labs is Hiring for 4 Jobs on Simplify!
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