The company was founded by Zuzanna Stamirowska, Adrian Kosowski, and Jan Chorowski, who have backgrounds in deep learning and AI. Stamirowska explained that Pathway's technology enables developers to build a pipeline where they can feed live data into the AI systems, addressing the issue of AI memory and knowledge management. The company's offering is seen as a competitor to Cohere and Writer in GenAI engineering and knowledge management, and to Palantir in enterprise AI transformation.
Key takeaways:
- Pathway, a startup working on 'Live AI', has raised a $10 million Seed round led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Kadmos, Innovo, Market One Capital, Id4 and angel investors.
- The company aims to build live AI systems that think and learn in real-time, similar to humans. Their offering includes 'infrastructure components' that power live AI systems, allowing enterprise AI platforms to make decisions based on up-to-date knowledge.
- Pathway's customers so far include NATO and La Poste, the French post office. The company is led by Zuzanna Stamirowska, Co-Founder and CEO, who has assembled a highly technical team.
- Stamirowska sees Pathway's main competitors in the GenAI engineering and knowledge management space as Cohere and Writer, and Palantir in enterprise deals for AI transformation tenders.