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Poetic

AI that turns enterprise procedures into reliable, self-healing automated workflows

Pace
4:40/kmTempo4.0
Distance
Distance 10K.
Open ops roles
2
Poetic runs in the Tempo lane (4:40/km): 38 of 142. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.

Also competes with: UiPath, Distyl AI, StackAI, Sema4.ai, Relevance AI

Revenue estimate
Eight-figure run rate (≥$10M), profitablecompany-stated · as of 2025 (stated Jun 2026) kleinerperkins.com ↗
Total raised
$50M+ (seed undisclosed)see rounds ↓
Headcount
~50as of Oct 2026 caplight.com ↗
Founded
2023
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Banks and insurers can't automate multi-hour fraud, KYC and underwriting work because code is brittle and agents unreliable

What they do

AI that turns enterprise procedures into reliable, self-healing automated workflows

Traction Eight-figure run rate and profitable in 2025 with 4 people; SoFi, AIG, Chime customers

Hiring trend

Open roles
7
Ops roles
2
Headcount
~50

Headcount ~18 → ~53 in 12 mo (+194%, LinkedIn); 41 → 50 Jul–Oct 2026 (Caplight)

Hiring in

  • San Francisco
  • New York

Funding

Last round
$50M
Stage
Series A
Date
Jun 2026

Led by Kleiner Perkins

Distance

10K · edge: hard to leave

Real production proof at SoFi, AIG and Chime with forward-deployed teams embedding in core workflows, but it is a young Series A player in a crowded enterprise-AI automation field (UiPath, Distyl, StackAI and the labs' own deployment teams).

Sources: Kleiner Perkins: eight-figure run rate, profitable in 2025, leads $50M Series A (Jun 2026) ↗ · PR Newswire: Poetic raises $50M Series A at $500M valuation (Jun 2026) ↗

Last checked Nov 4, 2026

News timeline

  1. Oct 2026TruckSmarter team joins Poetic; ex-CEO Dan Kao to lead operations linkedin.com ↗
  2. Oct 2026Ex-SpaceX AI deployment lead joins to help lead sales linkedin.com ↗
  3. Jun 2026Exits stealth: $50M Series A at $500M led by Kleiner Perkins; Forge renamed Poetic prnewswire.com ↗
  4. Jun 2026Names SoFi, AIG and Chime as customers for fraud, disputes, underwriting thenextweb.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised $50M+ (seed undisclosed)

  1. Jun 2026Series A$50Mat $500MLed by Kleiner Perkins prnewswire.com ↗
  2. 2023Seedcaplight.com ↗

Profile facts checked Nov 4, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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