An a16z and Primary Venture Partners seed round backs AI quoting agents targeting manufacturing's long-neglected back office.

The New York startup's agent, Frank, reads requests for quote and drafts replies from a factory's own cost model. The founders previously worked in aerospace consulting and fintech engineering.

Forgepoint raised a $9.8M seed led by Primary and a16z speedrun for Frank, an AI sales rep that helps US manufacturers quote faster and win more work.

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Forgepoint raises $9.8M from Primary Venture Partners and a16z speedrun for Frank, an AI agent that handles quoting for manufacturers.

Forgepoint’s artificial intelligence (AI) agent drafts quotes from buyers’ emails and drawings, but someone at the manufacturer signs off on every quote before it reaches a customer.

American manufacturers can often make a part faster than they can get a quote back to the customer asking for it. That mismatch is the result of decades of automation reaching the shop floor, but rarely the office around it. Forgepoint is tackling that with Frank, an AI Inside Sales Rep built for manufacturing. Frank works alongside quoting teams across the emails, documents, pricing logic, and systems they already use, helping them move from incoming request to customer-ready quote far faster.

Hadrian, a provider of an agentic AI-powered offensive security platform, has closed a $40m funding round to expand into new markets and strengthen its technical teams. Forgepoint Capital International and SmartFin co-led the investment, with returning backers HV Capital, Motive Partners, Picus Capital and Oetker Ventures also taking part. The latest round lifts Hadrian’s total capital raised to $65m. The company plans to use the money to grow its presence in EMEA and the US, and to put more resources into its engineering and research functions.

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Hadrian, an agentic AI offensive security service, raised $40M co-led by Forgepoint Capital International and SmartFin, taking its total funding to $65M  —  Hadrian will use the funding to expand across EMEA and the US while growing its engineering and research teams and further developing …

Hadrian'ın 40 milyon dolarlık yatırım turuna Forgepoint Capital International ve Smart Fin ortaklaşa liderlik etti.

Yapay zeka destekli siber güvenlik girişimi Hadrian, 40 milyon dolar yatırım aldı. Şirketin 40 milyon dolarlık yatırım turuna Forgepoint Capital International ve Smart Fin ortaklaşa liderlik etti. Hollanda merkezli Hadrian'ın yatırım turunda HV Capital, Motive Partners, Picus Capital ve Oetker Ventures yer aldı.  2021 yılında kurulan şirketin toplam yatırım miktarı 65 milyon dolara yükseldi. Hadrian yeni yatırımı EMEA ve ABD'deki faaliyetlerini genişletmek, mühendislik ve araştırma ekiplerini büyütmek ve ajan tabanlı yapay zeka platformunu geliştirmek için kullanacağını açıkladı. 

Hadrian has raised $40m, co-led by Forgepoint Capital International and Smartfin, to expand its AI offensive security platform in Europe and the US.

De Nederlandse scale-up Hadrian, die cyberaanvallen simuleert, haalt 40 miljoen dollar op. Het techfonds Smartfin van ondernemer Jürgen Ingels trekt de ronde met zijn Amerikaanse sectorgenoot Forgepoint Capital International. The post Smartfin stapt in Nederlandse cybersecurityspecialist Hadrian appeared first on Trends.be.

Hadrian will use the funding to expand across EMEA and the US while growing its engineering and research teams and further developing its agentic AI platform for offensive security.