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Sagittal AI

Category: AI Agents

Building Neo, an AI team member that automates the entire software development lifecycle across existing tools and processes. Sagittal AI was founded in 2023. The company is led by Michael Smith. Based in London. Team size: 6. Total funding raised: $2.2 Million. Latest round: Pre-seed ($2.2M, announced May/June 2024). Key investors include Twin Path Ventures, SineWave Ventures, Fuel Ventures, Blue Lake VC, Husayn Kassai.

Founded
2023
Headquarters
London
Team size
6
Total funding
$2.2 Million

Value proposition

Automates the full software development lifecycle across all tools and stages, enforcing security, compliance and quality standards while accelerating delivery 2-3x.

Products and solutions

Neo — AI team member for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC automation)

Unique value

Neo is the only AI that automates the entire SDLC across all tools and stages — not just code — enforcing security, compliance and quality standards natively.

Target customer

Enterprise software development teams and organizations needing secure, compliant SDLC automation

Industries served

Software development across regulated industries (telecom, cybersecurity, enterprise IT)

Technology advantage

Zero-trust Agent Architecture with process-controlled automation across the full SDLC; single-tenant, airgapped, sovereign UK/EU deployments; only AI working with NIST on secure-by-design process automation.

How they differentiate

Automates the entire SDLC across all tools and stages (not just code generation), enforces security/compliance standards natively, and integrates into existing workflows without requiring teams to change how they work.

Main competitors

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Devin (Cognition AI), other AI coding agents — but differentiated by full SDLC coverage vs code-only

Key partnerships

NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) — collaborating on DevSecOps and supply chain security practices, Telefónica Innovation — strategic partner with 300+ engineers using Neo, Siemens Polarion — integration partnership for requirements-to-code automation

Notable customers

Telefónica (300+ engineers using Neo across Innovation Division)

Major milestones

Company Formation (2023) Raised $2.2M in Pre-seed Funding (April 2025) Launched Neo product Reached $660K revenue (2025) Partnership with NIST/NCCoE Telefónica deployment (300+ engineers) Siemens Polarion integration

Growth metrics

Not specified (early stage metrics pending)

Market positioning

Pioneer in full-SDLC AI automation with a focus on security, compliance and quality for enterprise teams.

Geographic focus

UK/Europe (initial focus), expanding to North America

Patents and IP

None disclosed (early stage, potential future filings)

About Michael Smith

Michael Smith has 25+ years in product and engineering leadership at Google, SwiftKey, Qualcomm, Yahoo, and Amazon. He served as VP of Product or CPO at multiple startups from Series A to Series C, bringing complex multi-million dollar platforms to market.

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