Seed · AI

Hone raises $60m seed for persistent enterprise AI

Benchmark and Index Ventures back AI systems that work toward business outcomes.

Hone raised $60 million in seed funding led by Benchmark and Index Ventures. The financing accompanied its October 8 launch of Engines, persistent AI systems assigned ongoing business goals.

The San Francisco company’s software learns an organization’s systems and past decisions, then develops the tools it needs to pursue an outcome. Founders Moritz Stephan, Oliver Brady and Carlo Kobe are building for enterprise functions beyond coding.

Use of funds

Build persistent AI systems for business outcomes

Funding history

Seed · This round$60M

Sources

  1. Hone financing announcementindexventures.com · Oct 8, 2026
  2. dealroom.co