Pathway, a cutting-edge data company building live AI systems, has successfully raised $10 million in a Seed round led by TQ Ventures. The investment will fuel the development of live AI systems that think and learn in real-time, much like humans, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of artificial intelligence.
The funding round also saw participation from Kadmos, Inovo, Market One Capital, and Id4, along with several prominent angel investors. Notable among the existing backers is Lukasz Kaiser, co-author of the groundbreaking Transformer model and a key researcher behind GPT-1 at OpenAI. This high-profile backing strengthens Pathway’s position in the fast-evolving AI space.
Pathway is developing real-time AI systems that process dynamic sources of both structured and unstructured data, empowering organizations to make decisions based on constantly updated knowledge. The company’s innovative infrastructure components support live AI systems that are ideal for businesses in regulated industries with complex data requirements. Notable clients include NATO and La Poste, both of which have embraced Pathway’s solutions to manage critical operations.
The Seed round will accelerate the next phase of Pathway’s mission: to create AI systems capable of sophisticated reasoning in real-time. Pathway’s enterprise-grade, secure AI solution enables organizations to leverage operational speed AI, even those holding highly sensitive data. This solution is already garnering traction across industries with complex data needs, thanks to its real-time intelligence capabilities.
Zuzanna Stamirowska, Co-Founder and CEO of Pathway, expressed her excitement about the potential of live AI: “Live AI will be a critical enabler of the next generation of LLMs that support complex reasoning. Today, we empower organizations with complex, changing data sets to embrace real-time intelligence. This funding will help us create the missing components that will enable all enterprises, even those holding the most sensitive data, to address issues they’ve never been able to solve before.”
The company’s progress and the broad adoption of its technology are attributed to the deep expertise of its leadership team. Co-Founder and CTO Jan Chorowski, who has worked with the “Godfather of AI” Geoff Hinton, is spearheading the development of these transformative AI systems. Pathway’s commitment to creating live AI systems capable of complex reasoning is poised to reshape how organizations manage and process data in real time.
Schuster Tanger, Co-Managing Partner and Co-founder at TQ Ventures, praised the team’s achievements: “Zuzanna and the team at Pathway possess bleeding-edge insights and expertise in one of the most exciting fields in modern business. Pathway’s success in sophisticated undertakings such as helping La Poste manage operational disruptions at the Paris Olympics is encouraging. Last and hardly least, the response from the developer community has been powerful.”
With this new funding, Pathway aims to continue its journey in creating powerful AI systems that can meet the complex needs of businesses operating in dynamic and highly regulated environments. The company’s growing developer community, spanning over 100 countries, remains enthusiastic and eager to contribute to the company’s mission.