Graft™ is a cloud-native platform that makes the AI of the 1% accessible to the 99%. No machine learning skills, data science team, or infrastructure required. Graft’s novel approach solves every common AI use case: semantic search, recommendations, personalization, content moderation, marketing optimization, customer analytics, and more. Whether you’re starting from scratch or already deployed to production, Graft frees organizations to focus on business outcomes, not plumbing.
Location: Costa Rica
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4.5M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Adam Oliner; Brian Calvert; Maria Kazandjieva, Ph.D.; Eric Schkufza; Irina Calciu; Mick Hakobyan
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 26.10.2022 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | Essence VC | essencevc.... |
| - | Realm Capi... | realmcapit... |
| 09.08.2022 | GV | gv.com |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 11.05.2022 | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | - |
Persons 16
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Adam | Oliner | Founder &a... | linkedin.c... | - | a**m@graft... | - |
| - | Brian | Calvert | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | b***n@graf... | - |
| - | Maria | Kazandjiev... | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | M***a@graf... | - |
| - | Mitch | Harris | Head of Cu... | linkedin.c... | - | m***h@graf... | - |
| - | Eric | Schkufza | Founder | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@graft... | - |
| - | Marat | Garafutdin... | Senior Dev... | linkedin.c... | - | m***t@graf... | - |
| - | Scott | Pearson | VP of Sale... | linkedin.c... | - | s***t@graf... | - |
| - | Deven | Navani | Software E... | linkedin.c... | - | d***n@graf... | - |
| - | Irina | Calciu | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | i***a@graf... | - |
| - | Jeremy | Leary | Go-to-Mark... | linkedin.c... | - | j****y@gra... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.10.2025 | You.com Welcomes Graft to Accelerate Enterprise AI Search Infrastructure | - |
| 26.07.2023 | Graft is building an AI development platform for the masses | When Graft launched its AI development platform in beta last year, it was looking to build something that put AI within reach of every company, not just the largest ones with tons of engineering resources. Today, the company announced a $10... |
| 20.03.2023 | Implications of Generative AI in Different Parts of Industry + Society | On Thursday, March 16th, Differential Ventures hosted our first webinar entitled Implications of Generative AI in Different Parts of Industry + Society. The panel was moderated by David Magerman, Managing Partner of Differential Ventures, a... |
| 11.05.2022 | A Y Combinator alum on how the startup hustle came at a steep cost—to her mental health | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. The following essay was contributed by Trisha Bantigue, CEO and co-founder of the San Francisco-b... |
| 11.05.2022 | Graft Raises $4.5M in Pre-Seed Funding | Graft, a San Francisco, CA-based startup that emerged from stealth to put modern AI within reach of every organization, raised USD 4.5 million in Pre Seed funding. The round was led by GV with participation from NEA, Essence VC, Formulate V... |
| 10.05.2022 | Slack’s former head of machine learning wants to put AI in reach of every company | Adam Oliner, co-founder and CEO of Graft used to run machine learning at Slack, where he helped build the company’s internal artificial intelligence infrastructure. Slack lacked the resources of a company like Meta or Google, but it still h... |
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| - | Graft: Build, deploy, and monitor AI-powered solutions without coding or experience | Home » Artificial Intelligence » Generative Code » Graft: Build, deploy, and monitor AI-powered solutions without coding or experience Table of Contents Graft: The perfect solution to build and deploy AI-powered solutions without programmin... |