Poetic
Category: AI Agents
AI platform that automates complex, high-stakes enterprise processes like insurance underwriting, financial compliance, and fraud investigations with near-perfect accuracy. Poetic was founded in 2023. The company is led by Markie Wagner. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $50,000,000. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, OpenAI, First Harmonic, Genius Ventures.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $50,000,000
Value proposition
Poetic builds a new class of software that "learns like AI but runs like code" — ingesting procedures, training materials, and expert feedback to execute multi-hour, judgment-heavy enterprise processes end-to-end with 99%+ accuracy, while self-healing when underlying systems change.
Products and solutions
Poetic Platform: AI system that automates end-to-end enterprise workflows (fraud investigations, compliance/KYC, insurance underwriting, transaction monitoring, disputes handling). Features include: (1) Upload procedures/training materials to create first draft automations, (2) Learn from expert feedback to improve, (3) Self-healing when enterprise applications change. Proprietary programming language for directing AI with near-tokenless execution.
Unique value
99%+ accuracy on complex multi-hour processes that traditional AI agents cannot handle; proprietary programming language enabling deterministic, near-tokenless execution (10x fewer tokens than agents); 100% pilot-to-production conversion rate; self-healing automations that recover when enterprise systems change; SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR compliant with zero data retention.
Target customer
Large enterprises in financial services, insurance, and banking — specifically compliance, fraud, underwriting, and dispute resolution teams at Fortune 500 companies.
Industries served
Financial Services, Insurance, Banking, Compliance
Technology advantage
Proprietary programming language that lets operators define complex workflows in natural language and encodes expertise into deterministic, near-tokenless execution — unlike autonomous AI agents that are difficult to control. Self-healing capability when underlying enterprise software changes. Achieved 99%+ quality on processes companies failed to automate for decades.
How they differentiate
Unlike autonomous AI agents that are difficult to supervise, Poetic uses a proprietary programming language for deterministic, near-tokenless execution with 10x fewer tokens. Achieves 99%+ accuracy on multi-hour processes vs. traditional agents. 100% pilot-to-production conversion rate. Self-healing when enterprise systems change. Built specifically for regulated, high-stakes financial workflows.
Main competitors
Adept AI, Orby AI, Gumloop
Key partnerships
OpenAI (investor and strategic partner), Kleiner Perkins (lead investor), Founders Fund (investor)
Notable customers
SoFi (public US bank), AIG (American International Group), Chime
Major milestones
2023: Founded as Forge by Markie Wagner, 2025: Reached eight-figure ARR with 4 employees, June 2026: Emerged from stealth with $50M Series A at $500M valuation led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from OpenAI, Founders Fund, First Harmonic, and Genius Ventures
Growth metrics
Reached eight-figure annualized revenue run rate in 2025 with just 4 employees; 100% pilot-to-production conversion rate; $200M+ annual savings claimed for one unnamed Fortune 500 client on fraud detection
Market positioning
Premium enterprise AI automation platform targeting the most complex, high-stakes financial and insurance workflows that competitors cannot automate. Positioned as a reliable alternative to autonomous AI agents, with a $500M valuation post-Series A.
Geographic focus
United States (San Francisco-based, serving Fortune 500 financial institutions)
About Markie Wagner
Ex-Google ML Engineer; Ex-Waymo ML Engineer (rebuilt Waymo's model training platform); Founder of Delphi Labs (AI consultancy); Thiel Foundation Fellow; Researcher at Stanford; B.S. Computer Science from USC and Stanford
Official website: https://poetic.com