Naïve Raises $28.5 Million Series A as 30,000 Developers Adopt AI Agent Infrastructure
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 6
Naïve Raises $28.5 Million Series A as 30,000 Developers Adopt AI Agent Infrastructure
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 6
Summary
$28.5 million in Series A funding gives Naïve fresh capital after the startup signed up more than 30,000 developers within months of launch and grew annual run-rate revenue 10-fold to the low double-digit millions.
Naïve sells a single API that lets AI agents assemble much of a business stack — from U.S. LLC formation to payments, email, phone numbers, cloud resources and links to Stripe and QuickBooks — with humans still handling KYC, KYB and payments.
The new money will fund four infrastructure projects aimed at lowering agent operating costs: model routing, memory, orchestration and a serverless runtime that runs agents in lightweight JavaScript environments instead of full virtual machines.
CEO Sean Dorje said customers already use the platform to run autonomous businesses including AI automation agencies, faceless TikTok and YouTube channels, and even a rental-car agency, while enterprise interest is emerging around inference-cost optimization.
Nexus Venture Partners led the round, with Y Combinator, Zetta, Liquid 2 and several angels participating, bringing Naïve's total funding to roughly $32 million as it expands from business setup tools toward broader agent infrastructure.