Key facts
- Naïve offers infrastructure for AI agents to automate business setup and operations.
- The company has secured over 30,000 developer customers.
- Naïve raised $28.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners.
- The funds will be used to develop infrastructure for agent efficiency and cost reduction.
- Key infrastructure projects include a model router, memory layer, and serverless runtime.
Naïve, a startup that provides infrastructure for AI agents to automate business setup and operations, has secured $28.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners. The company has attracted over 30,000 developer customers since its launch, demonstrating significant traction in automating the tedious aspects of running a business.
Naïve's platform packages essential business setup components like payments, email accounts, cloud infrastructure, and company incorporation behind a single API. Developers can use prompts with AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex to provision this infrastructure. While users must complete KYC/KYB processes and payments, AI can handle tasks like setting up email inboxes, virtual cards, databases, and integrating with services like Stripe and QuickBooks. A governance layer allows users to set budgets and restrict agent capabilities.
The company has seen rapid growth, scaling its annual run-rate revenue by 10x in the past six months. CEO and co-founder Sean Dorje noted that customers are using Naïve to run autonomous businesses, including AI automation agencies and online content channels. The startup is also focusing on optimizing inference costs, a significant expense for running AI agents. To address this, Naïve is developing a model router for efficient AI model selection, a memory system for business context, and a serverless runtime to reduce costs by only charging when agents are active.
Proceeds from the Series A funding will be used to hire researchers and develop four key infrastructure projects: virtualized sandboxes for agents, model routing and inference optimization, a memory layer, and governance and orchestration. The funding brings Naïve's total capital raised to approximately $32 million. Other participants in the round included Y Combinator, Zetta, Liquid 2, and angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Tim Zheng, and JD Sherman.