Tara AI
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Tara AI was a San Jose-based AI startup founded by Iba Masood and Syed Ahmed. It began as Gradberry, a recruiting platform in Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class, and in 2016 pivoted to Tara AI: a product delivery platform that used machine learning to predict the technical tasks, engineering resources and timelines needed for software projects. The company raised $13 million, including a $10 million Series A in 2019 from Aspect Ventures, Y Combinator, the Slack Fund and angels such as Jaan Tallinn and Di-Ann Eisnor, and won a $500,000 prize at the 2017 43North competition.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Gradberry and YC
The team launches Gradberry, a recruiting platform for technical workers, and joins Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class.
- Pivot to Tara AI
The company pivots into Tara AI, an ML-powered product management platform for predicting software project scopes and timelines.
- 43North prize
Tara AI wins a $500,000 prize at the fourth annual 43North business plan competition.
- Series A
Tara AI raises a $10 million Series A to help companies build software faster, bringing total funding to $13 million.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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