Serial entrepreneurs Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya—whose martech companies sold for over $1.2B—have la...
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The article introduces Kana as a new entrant in the AI agents segment specifically targeting marketing workflows, though the $15M seed round does not trigger a cross.§D tag.
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Serial entrepreneurs Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya—whose martech companies sold for over $1.2B—have launched Kana with $15M seed funding led by Mayfield. Their platform deploys customizable AI agents for marketing workflows like media planning and campaign optimization with human-in-the-loop controls. This signals a shift from generic AI tools to purpose-built agents that integrate with existing stacks. With their proven track record, Kana shows how marketing will adopt flexible, domain-specific AI that executes work.
