SymbyAI, a Huntsville, Alabama-based SaaS platform utilizing AI to streamline scientific research, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding.
Investors
The prominent investors in the round include Drive Capital and CharacterVC.
Drive Capital is a venture capital firm based in Columbus, Ohio, focused on investing in early-stage technology companies across the U.S. and Canada. It manages over $2 billion in assets and has invested in over 87 companies across 24 cities.
Based in San Francisco, California, Character is a venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investments. They focus on startups that can build impactful products and services, particularly in areas like AI/ML, enterprise, healthcare, climate, and the life sciences.
SymbyAI Use of Funds
The funds will be used to continue building out the company and fulfill initial partnerships.
About the Company
Founded by Ashia Livaudais and Michael House, SymbyAI is a SaaS platform uses AI to enhance scientific research for individual researchers and large organizations. The platform offers organized workspaces for researchers to access papers, code, data, and experiences in one place. It tracks progress and features AI-assisted peer review and replication. SymbyAI collaborates with academic publishers, research organizations, and universities.
Funding Details
Company: Symby, Inc.
Raised: $2.1M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: February 2025
Investors: Drive Capital, CharacterVC
Company Website: https://symbyai.com/
Software Category: AI Scientific Research
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/symbyai-raises-2-1m-seed-to-make-science-research-easier/