The startup game is full of noise, pitches polished until they’re shinier than a used car lot under floodlights. But every so often, a company doesn’t just enter the chat, it rewires it. Circuitry.ai is one of those. Founded in 2023 by Ashok Kartham, this Decision Intelligence co. isn’t chasing hype. It’s running power lines straight into industries where downtime costs millions and errors aren’t measured in oops, they’re measured in broken equipment, stalled supply chains, and furious customers.
Kartham’s no stranger to building companies that move markets. He founded 4CS, which PTC scooped up in 2011, then Mize, which merged with Syncron in 2021. That’s decades of turning software into scale. Now he’s back, aiming bigger, and VCs noticed. DeepWork Capital just led a seed round, joined by Florida Opportunity Fund, Lasagna, and Lookout Ventures. The amount? Undisclosed. The intent? Loud. Ben Patz from DeepWork didn’t just write a check, he took a board seat, adding his own $250M-exit history from Coleman Technologies into the equation.
HQ may sit in Tampa, but the company is operating globally, with an AI R&D hub in Hyderabad. That team is busy rolling out tech that manufacturers like Takeuchi-US and Kingspan Light and Air N.A. are already using. Not pilots, deployments. Circuitry.ai is reporting 35% productivity boosts, 25% higher profitability, and 20% efficiency gains. Those aren’t vanity stats, they’re the kind of metrics CFOs throw in board decks.
The tech itself? This isn’t a chatbot toy. Circuitry.ai’s platform runs Service AIdvisors for guided diagnostics, Product AIdvisors for sales support, Parts AIdvisors to keep supply chains moving, and Warranty Specialists to automate claims. Underneath it all: LLMs, predictive AI, generative capabilities, decision trees, and continuous feedback loops. The pitch is simple: the right fix, right part, right decision, without ripping out the ERP or DMS you already run.
Leadership is stacked. Alongside Kartham, you’ve got Dheeraj Inampudi pushing AI engineering, Josh Russell steering product, and Ted Danner bringing 20+ years of automotive grit. Paul Cunningham, a 5x CRO with exits and 4x market cap growth at PTC, is in the mix as advisor since Feb ’25. Even demand gen and media strategy have horsepower with Mike Woellert running point.
This raise isn’t about survival, it’s about acceleration. Growing GTM muscle, expanding engineering, and extending the Autonomous Service Journey across industries where the cost of wrong decisions is measured in dollars and reputation. Circuitry.ai isn’t promising tomorrow. It’s wiring it into today.
