Naïve bags $28.5M in funding to automate the creation and day-to-day running of almost any business

Palo Alto-based Naïve Inc., an AI lab, has secured $28.5 million in Series A funding to develop autonomous agents capable of setting up and running businesses. Nexus Venture Partners led the round, joined by Y Combinator, Zetta, Liquid 2 and various angel investors. Naïve aims to automate the creation and day-to-day operations of businesses using AI tools that lighten workloads, particularly popular with developers.

The startup has attracted over 30,000 developer customers. Naïve goes beyond traditional coding by providing infrastructure for AI agents to automate tasks such as payments, email accounts, phone numbers, cloud infrastructure, storage, business incorporation, and more. Customers must still handle Know Your Customer and Know Your Business processes and make necessary payments.

Naïve has built a governance layer, templates for various business types, and a mobile emulator for AI agents. The company also focuses on improving AI agent efficiency through model routing, memory systems, and serverless runtime environments, aiming to slash operational expenses. Co-founder and CEO Sean Dorje believes autonomous companies could become a cost-efficient reality, with agent spending expected to grow to trillions of dollars in the future.