Prentis
Category: AI Agents
An AI research lab building computer-use models that perceive screens and operate software to automate enterprise office workflows. Prentis was founded in 2026. The company is led by Ritankar Das. Based in San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. Team size: 11-50. Latest round: Undisclosed.
- Founded
- 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
Value proposition
AI agents that can control computers to automate routine enterprise workflows at roughly 10x lower cost per task than frontier APIs, using a smaller, more economical model (Hive-32B) that outperforms larger models on computer-use benchmarks
Products and solutions
Hive-32B model (computer-use AI model), Enterprise AI agents for automating office workflows including insurance claims processing, customs duty refund exceptions, and other back-office drudgery across retail, healthcare, and manufacturing
Unique value
10x lower cost per task than frontier APIs; Hive-32B model outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on WindowsAgentArena and ScreenSpot-v2 benchmarks; trains models inside actual workflows rather than on public web data
Target customer
Large enterprises in retail, healthcare, and manufacturing with complex back-office workflows (insurance claims, customs duty refunds, document processing)
Industries served
Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Customs/Trade
Technology advantage
Hive-32B model — a smaller, cheaper model (32B parameters) that claims superior performance on computer-use benchmarks (WindowsAgentArena, ScreenSpot-v2) vs. GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6; continuous learning loop of perceiving interfaces, acting, and learning from outcomes; trains on proprietary operational data rather than public web data
How they differentiate
Runs a much smaller, cheaper model (32B parameters) vs. frontier models, claiming ~10x lower cost per task; trains on actual enterprise workflow data rather than public web data; performance-dependent pricing model (20% of savings realized)
Main competitors
OpenAI (GPT-5.4 / computer-use agents), Anthropic (Claude Opus 4.6 / computer-use agents), Thinking Machines Lab (Mira Murati's startup)
Notable customers
Healthcare management services organization, Manufacturer, Goods and clothing manufacturers (signed contracts worth up to $50M total)
Major milestones
Launched in April 2026, Signed contracts worth up to $50M with enterprise customers, Hive-32B model outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on computer-use benchmarks, In talks to raise $100M at $1B valuation (as of July 2026), Hired 25+ employees from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, Tencent, and Alibaba
Growth metrics
Projected ~$75M annualized run rate by Q3 2026 (based on 20% fee of savings realized, performance-dependent, not recognized revenue); Contracts worth up to $50M signed
Market positioning
Early-stage AI research lab positioning as a cost-efficient alternative to frontier model providers for enterprise computer-use automation, backed by high-profile tech founders
Geographic focus
United States (San Francisco Bay Area)
About Ritankar Das
Founder of Titan (holding company building AI startups); Gates Cambridge Scholar; dropped out of AI PhD at Cambridge; UC Berkeley's youngest University Medalist in over a century, graduating at 18 with double major in bioengineering and chemical biology; MSc in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford
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Official website: https://www.prentis.ai