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Kata
Founded 2015 · 91 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
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Kata.ai provides a large language model that lets brands and enterprises build intelligent chatbots for marketing, commerce, and behavioral data collection across social and chat apps such as LINE, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The platform is aimed at businesses seeking to understand customer behavior and manage customer conversations.
Founders & leadership
Kata was founded in 2015 by Ahmad Rizqi Meydiarso, Christian Franke, Irzan Raditya, Reynir Fauzan, and Wahyu Wrehasnaya.
Investors · 9
How we know: open dataset · 500 Global portfolio 2026-08 · Not right? Tell us
How we know: AC Ventures's portfolio page · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Red Sails Investment's portfolio page · digitalnewsasia.com · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Spiral Ventures's portfolio page · the VCSheet dataset · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us
How we know: Trans-Pacific Technology Fund's portfolio page · digitalnewsasia.com · Not right? Tell us
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$3.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2017–2020
- Undisclosed amountSeries BNov 2020
MDI Ventures (lead), Trans-Pacific Technology Fund (TPTF) (lead)
Source ↗ - $3.5MSeries AAug 2017 · 3 sources
Trans-Pacific Technology Fund (lead), Access Ventures, Convergence Ventures, MDI Ventures, Red Sails Investment, VPG Asia
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Kata do?
- Kata.ai provides a large language model that lets brands and enterprises build intelligent chatbots for marketing, commerce, and behavioral data collection across social and chat apps such as LINE, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The platform is aimed at businesses seeking to understand customer behavior and manage customer conversations.
- Who founded Kata?
- Kata was founded by Ahmad Rizqi Meydiarso, Christian Franke, Irzan Raditya, Reynir Fauzan, Wahyu Wrehasnaya in 2015.
- Who are Kata's investors?
- Kata's investors include 500 Global, AC Ventures, Red Sails Investment, Spiral Ventures, Trans-Pacific Technology Fund, Convergence Ventures, MDI Ventures.
- How much funding has Kata raised?
- Kata has disclosed $3.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.