Petals: The smartest data hire you'll never have to make
Pre-Seed
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❓ Business Model
- Petals is an end-to-end AI data agent—the smartest data hire you’ll never have to make!
- Monthly Subscription , starting from $1k a month
📈 Traction
- Deployed their agentic solution - capable of autonomously conducting tasks of a data analyst and data engineer
- Onboarded 3 companies to their private beta
- Ingested 1 billion rows of client data
- Backed by the Alacrity Foundation (founded by Wales's first Billionaire -Sir Terry Matthews)
- Shortlisted for ‘AI Startup of the Year’ (UK Startups Awards)
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🌱Founding Team
- Haroon Ali (CEO)
- Worked on projects at Google with the team in San Francisco, that impacted billions of users
- Worked as a data lecturer at BPP University
- Mohammed Hussain (CTO)
- Launched his own clothing brand aged 15
- Conducted research at Cardiff uni around making data accessible for non-technical users.
📖 Story
Haroon has over a decade of experience in data consulting, including three years at Google, he saw firsthand how AI could revolutionise data workflows and unlock advanced capabilities for all businesses.
Mohammed did his dissertation on the challenge of visualising complex data for non-technical users while retaining technical depth. It was a perfect match when they met at the Alacrity Foundation, shaping their vision to democratise data across an organisation. Together, they built Petals to automate data management, drive efficiency, and boost data literacy for every team member.
👀 Reasons to watch
- Revolutionary Automation: Petals’ AI-powered data agent is set to transform how companies manage data, replacing entire data teams with cutting-edge automation.
- Empowered Workforce: By democratizing data access, every employee—from the CEO to frontline staff—can make smart, real-time decisions.
- Market Disruption: Positioned in a multi-billion-dollar space, Petals is primed to redefine data intelligence for medium-sized enterprises globally.
- Unmatched Scalability & Savings: With unprecedented cost efficiency and the ability to scale effortlessly, Petals paves the way for a new era of data-driven innovation
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