Naïve
Category: AI Agents
Naïve builds unified AI-agent infrastructure — one API and config file that lets agents incorporate companies, manage payments/cards, and run day-to-day business operations autonomously. Naïve was founded in 2025. The company is led by Sean Dorje. Based in San Francisco, California, USA. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $32M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Nexus Venture Partners (lead), Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Tim Zheng, JD Sherman, Gert Lanckriet.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $32M
Value proposition
A single unified API/config file gives AI agents everything needed to operate a real business — legal incorporation, KYC/KYB, bank cards with spend caps, email/phone identity, cloud infra, and model routing — replacing dozens of point integrations.
Products and solutions
Agent Cloud Infrastructure (Postgres, auth, storage, edge functions), Governance/Audit control plane, Payments & Billing (scoped virtual cards, invoicing), Identity/Incorporation (KYC/KYB, US LLC/EIN, email, phone), Model Router (300+ models), Hosting & Compute (serverless, GPU), Agent Runtimes (Vetta, Hermes), Infrastructure-as-Code SDK/CLI.
Unique value
One config file + one API provisions an agent's entire operating stack — identity, money, compute, and tools — with governance (spend caps, HITL approvals, capability allow/deny lists) enforced at the primitive level.
Target customer
Developers and founders building AI-agent-run businesses (autonomous companies, agentic SaaS, AI-run back offices); coding-agent users (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) needing infra beyond the app layer.
Industries served
AI agent infrastructure / autonomous company operations, spanning legal & compliance, marketing, sales, accounting, and recruiting agent use-cases.
Technology advantage
Unified primitive layer (100+ integrations: Stripe, Supabase, Vercel, QuickBooks, Mercury, Rippling, etc.) combined with real-world business identity (KYC/KYB, LLC/EIN) and hard spend-capped virtual cards enforced at authorization time, not after the fact.
How they differentiate
Goes beyond agent workflow builders (Lindy, Sierra) by providing the full real-world operating stack — legal incorporation, banking/cards, compliance identity — not just conversational or task-automation workflows.
Main competitors
Lindy AI (no-code AI agent/employee builder), Sierra (enterprise agent platform), Dust and CrewAI (agent orchestration frameworks).
Key partnerships
Integrations with Stripe, Supabase, Vercel, QuickBooks, Mercury, Rippling, PostHog, Instantly, Brave Search, supports coding agents Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and its own runtimes Vetta/Hermes.
Major milestones
Founded 2025 by UC Berkeley dropouts Sean Dorje and Dennis Zax, went through Y Combinator, scaled ARR 10x in 6 months to $10M+ run rate, raised $28.5M Series A (Aug 2026) led by Nexus Venture Partners, bringing total raised to ~$32M.
Growth metrics
Scaled annual run-rate revenue 10x to low double-digit millions ($10M+) over prior six months per CEO statement to TechCrunch.
Market positioning
Infrastructure/platform layer for the emerging 'autonomous company' category, positioning itself as the backend rails for agent-run businesses rather than a vertical agent application.
Geographic focus
Primarily US market (Silicon Valley/YC ecosystem), global reach via cloud-based API.
About Sean Dorje
Co-founder & CEO of Naïve; UC Berkeley dropout; Y Combinator alumnus.
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