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Poetic

Poetic automates complex, multi-hour enterprise processes like fraud investigations and insurance underwriting using AI that learns from a firm's own procedures.

poetic.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·POETIC·26

StageSeries AJune 2026 · led by Kleiner Perkins[2][3][8]

Raisednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Headcount4as of 2025[2][5][8]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2023[4][9]

Money

Series A closed June 2026, led by Kleiner Perkins.[2][3][8]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, OpenAI, First Harmonic, Genius Ventures.[3][4][7][8]

People

Markie Wagner, Founder and CEO[1][8][9]

Brian H., Founding Engineer[10]

Signals

Jun 12 2026newsShe left Google and Waymo because she kept watching AI fail in production. Now Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI just backed her $500M fix[5]

Jun 10 2026fundingPoetic Raises $50M Series A to Automate the World's Most Complex Enterprise Processes with Reliable AI[8][3][4][6]

Jun 10 2026newsOpenAI backs Poetic to automate underwriting and compliance[1]

Jun 10 2026fundingPoetic: Turning Enterprise Procedures into Evolving Software[2]

Comps

UiPath · uipath.com · Same buyer and same job to be done: automating enterprise back-office processes. Poetic's own press release names UiPath as a source of its team's leadership talent, and both compete for the enterprise workflow automation budget.[8]

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Sourcestracings · 16

[1]OpenAI backs Poetic to automate underwriting and compliance

Aug 2026 · thenextweb.com

reported

[2]Poetic: Turning Enterprise Procedures into Evolving Software | Kleiner Perkins

Aug 2026 · kleinerperkins.com

unknown

[3]Poetic Raises $50M in Series A Funding

Aug 2026 · finsmes.com

reported

[4]OpenAI backs automation start-up Poetic in $50m round

Aug 2026 · siliconrepublic.com

reported

[5]She left Google and Waymo because she kept watching AI fail in production. Now Kleiner Perkins and OpenAI just backed her $500M fix

Aug 2026 · techfundingnews.com

reported

[6]Poetic emerges from stealth with $50m funding to revolutionise regulated finance workflows

Aug 2026 · noah-news.com

reported

[7]Poetic — Turn your business into software

Aug 2026 · poetic.com

company

[8]Poetic Raises $50M Series A to Automate the World's Most Complex Enterprise Processes with Reliable AI

Aug 2026 · prnewswire.com

company

[9]Markie Wagner

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[10]Brian H.

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[11]Poetic Software

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[12]Poetic raises $50M seed led by Kleiner Perkins, with OpenAI and Founders Fund | Dealroom.co

Aug 2026 · app.dealroom.co

reported

[13]Ava Cheng

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[14]Jennifer Noah

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[15]Chris Scott

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[16]Jake Cheng

Aug 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

Poetic automates complex, multi-hour enterprise processes like fraud investigations and insurance underwriting using AI that learns from a firm's own procedures.

poetic.com · San Francisco

StageSeries A

Raisednot publicly disclosed

Headcount4

Valuationnot publicly disclosed

Founded2023

CompsUiPath