Kluisz.ai Secures $9.6 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize AI-Driven Private Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Startup Kluisz.ai Raises $9.6 Mn in Seed Funding | AIM

The round also saw participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and notable angel investors, including Ritesh Agarwal and Ritesh Malik. Kluisz.ai, an AI and deep tech-powered cloud startup, announced on July 23 a seed funding round of $9.6 million, which was primarily led by RTP Global, an early-stage venture capital firm with a global presence. This funding round also included contributions from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and several angel investors, including Ritesh Agarwal of Oyo, Ritesh Malik of Innov8, and Aditya Virwani of the Embassy Group. According to Gartner's projections, by 2027, 90% of companies will be operating workloads in hybrid cloud environments. However, many CIOs still encounter difficulties with private cloud infrastructures, often due to challenges such as limited automation, inadequate visibility, and complex manual processes, the company said in a press release. "We're reimagining the private cloud for the AI era, automated, intelligent and secure from day one. We are building the first intent-driven, AI-orchestrated cloud for the next decade of enterprise workloads where every layer, from silicon to software, is optimised for performance, policy, and security without manual intervention", said Abhinav Sinha, co-founder and CEO of Kluisz.ai. Kluisz.ai enables teams to set goals related to performance, cost, and compliance, with the platform intelligently managing the deployment and infrastructure. Its user-friendly interface, enhanced observability, integrated security, and AI-driven orchestration simplify the complex task of managing cloud workloads in real-time. The initial application of this product targets sectors such as banking and financial services, manufacturing, and organisations with significant edge use cases. The company said that the capital raised will be utilised to grow the engineering team in Bengaluru, accelerate product development, and support deployments with early clients. Bhaskar Majumdar, managing partner at Unicorn India Ventures, said, "Kluisz.ai is taking the enterprises in the direction of AI-led high-performance businesses. Their AI-deployed cloud management, which helps large teams to stay on top of the game while being secure and compliant, is a game-changing offering."

Deeptech startup Kluisz. ai raises $9.6 million in round led by RTP Global - The Economic Times

Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and angel investors participated in the seed funding round of the startup, which aims to build an AI-native private cloud platform with the funds.Deeptech startup Kluisz.ai has raised $9.6 million in seed funding to build a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-driven private cloud platform. The round was led by early-stage venture capital firm RTP Global, with participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and angel investors. Founded by Abhinav Sinha, former chief operating officer (COO) at OYO; Vamshidhar Reddy, former partner at McKinsey; and Abhijeet Singh, former vice president of cloud at Jio, the startup aims to build private cloud infrastructure for enterprises by offering an AI-orchestrated, secure, and scalable stack. "Private cloud today transfers the ownership of managing infrastructure to the customer. It is complex, needs large teams, and brings in heavy operational overheads. We are building a stack that removes the pain from design, setup, and day-zero to day-two operations," Sinha, the COO, told ET. With Gartner estimating that 90% of enterprises will run workloads across hybrid cloud setups by 2027, Kluisz.ai said it wants to solve existing pain points around automation, security, and compliance and manage workloads automatically. The platform will allow teams to set performance, cost, and policy goals while automating the infrastructure orchestration to meet them. The funding will be used to expand the engineering team in Bengaluru, accelerate product development, and support deployments with early customers in India and the Middle East. Kluisz said it is already engaging with multiple potential customers, with a focus on banking and finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and governments. "Abhinav, Vamshi, and Abhijeet bring world-class experience and vision to this space. This is a team with deep technical experience and the product and market instinct to reimagine the private cloud in the AI era. We're excited to back them," said Madhur Makkar, principal at RTP Global. Unicorn India Ventures said Kluisz's AI-deployed cloud management, which helps large teams stay secure and in compliance, is a game-changing offering.