Naïve Raises $28.5M to Automate Business Setup and Operations.

Naïve has closed a $28.5 million Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, bringing the company’s total capital raised to approximately $32 million. The startup provides infrastructure that automates the administrative and operational groundwork of launching and managing businesses through AI agents. By consolidating tasks such as U.S. LLC formation, payment processing, cloud provisioning, and communication tools into a single API, Naïve enables developers to direct software agents to handle repetitive company-building workflows. Users retain oversight through a governance layer that enforces budget limits, restricts agent permissions, and mandates human approval for high-risk operations. The platform has attracted more than 30,000 developer customers within months of its launch, driving a tenfold revenue increase to the low double-digit millions annually. According to CEO and co-founder Sean Dorje, autonomous deployments span AI automation agencies, faceless digital content channels, and even fully managed rental car operations. Despite the initial appeal of end-to-end business automation, operational costs for AI agents remain a primary challenge. Naïve is redirecting a significant portion of its Series A proceeds toward optimizing agent infrastructure, including a model router that directs queries to cost-effective AI models, a contextual memory system, and a work distribution orchestrator. The company is also developing a serverless runtime that executes agents within lightweight JavaScript environments rather than traditional virtual machines, allowing customers to pay only during active processing and dramatically reducing deployment costs. Dorje noted that demand for inference optimization and serverless agent hosting is currently the fastest-growing segment of Naïve’s business. While developers initially adopted the platform to eliminate administrative friction, enterprise interest is rising as organizations seek scalable solutions to manage recurring AI operational expenses. With ten full-time employees currently on staff, Naïve plans to expand its research and engineering teams to advance its virtualized sandbox environments, routing architecture, and governance protocols. The funding round also included participation from Y Combinator, Zetta, Liquid 2, and angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Tim Zheng, and JD Sherman. As AI-driven automation matures, Naïve’s dual focus on operational convenience and infrastructure efficiency positions it to capture both startup founders and established enterprises looking to scale agent-based workflows sustainably.