Salient

At Salient, we’re rebuilding consumer loan servicing from the ground up - with agentic AI at the core.

Lending and credit AI agents FintechY Combinator

Latest funding

$60M Series A · July 28, 2025

Led by Andreessen Horowitz · Source: finsmes.com

Total raised: $60.5M* across 2 sourced rounds

All 2 rounds ↓

Website: trysalient.com.

X: @trysalient.

LinkedIn: trysalient.

Categories: Lending and credit AI agents Fintech.

Sectors: B2B, Fintech, Generative AI, Operations, AI.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Founded: 2023.

Total raised: $60.5M* in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jul 28, 2025 · 472 days ago.

Team: 40 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@trysalient · created May 15, 2025 (18 months old)

Website registeredJan 11, 2023 (3 years old)

About Salient

We started with auto lending, a $1.5 trillion industry and one of the most fragmented parts of financial services. We’re powering a more transparent, compliant, and consumer friendly future and seeking smart, driven and passionate colleagues to roll up their sleeves and join us in this mission.

Funding rounds

July 28, 2025
Series A · $60M
AAndreessen Horowitz (lead)
Source: finsmes.com
May 15, 2025
X account created
January 11, 2023
Website created
Date unknown
Round · $500K*
YY Combinator
Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

MT
Mukund Tibrewala Co-Founder & CTO

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
AM
Ari M. Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
MW
Motoki Wu AI Agent Engineer

Investors

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Andreessen Horowitz portfolio →

Sources and API

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