Pienso

Use your data to train Large Language Models to speak the language of your business — without ever seeing a line of code.

Foundation models and research Developer tools and cloud

Latest funding

$10M Series A · March 1, 2024

Source: startupintros.com

Total raised: $11M across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: pienso.com.

X: @Pienso_AI · 6 followers.

LinkedIn: pienso-us.

Categories: Foundation models and research Developer tools and cloud.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: Washington, DC, United States.

Total raised: $11M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Mar 1, 2024 · 989 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 30, 2026.

Signals

X account@Pienso_AI · created Jul 10, 2024 (2 years old) · 6 followers

Website registeredApr 4, 2001 (25 years old)

About Pienso

Customize any foundation model: Interoperable across all major LLM providers. Deploy wherever you want: In-cloud or on-premise. Use any AI accelerator: Nvidia, Graphcore, or whatever comes next.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Pienso | 2602 days on the record

@Pienso_AI·Raised $11M in 2 sourced rounds

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Mar 1, 2024	Series A	$10M	—	startupintros.com
Oct 1, 2019	Seed	$1M	—	startupintros.com

Timeline

July 10, 2024
X account created
April 4, 2001
Website created

Founders and team

KD
Karthik Dinakar founder

source: pienso.com

Investors

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Sources and API

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