AI software firm Kluisz raises $9.6 million

Notably, Kluisz is the only AI software company among the top 10 seed investments so far this year

- Rwit Ghosh

Hospitality chain OYO's former global chief operating officer Abhinav Sinha has launched a B2B-focused startup Kluisz.ai for private cloud infrastructure, raising $9.6 million in a seed funding. Sinha started the company two-and-a-half months ago with co-founders Vamshidhar Reddy and Abhijeet Singh, who formerly worked at McKinsey & Co and AT&T, respectively.

Kluisz's seed round is the largest in the artificial intelligence space so far this year, according to Tracxn data. Overall, the company has raised the seventh largest equity seed round, out of 489 deals so far this year.