Kaaj is an agentic AI credit intelligence platform that simplifies small-business lending. Using AI agents, it analyzes complete loan packages and produces decision-ready credit analysis for lenders, compressing what traditionally takes underwriters days of manual work across thousands of documents into under three minutes—while integrating directly into existing loan origination systems. Founded in 2024 by CEO Utsav Shah (a decade at Uber and Cruise building AI decision systems) and President Shivi Sharma (credit and fraud risk expert from American Express, Uber, and Varo Bank), Kaaj targets the $1.7 trillion U.S. small-business lending market and the $1.3 trillion equipment finance market. The company has already assessed over $5B in loan originations with customers including Amur Equipment Finance, Quality Equipment Finance, and Machinery Partner Capital. In November 2025 Kaaj raised a $3.8M seed round led by Kindred Ventures, with Better Tomorrow Ventures participating.
Kaaj
ActiveAgentic AI credit intelligence that automates small-business loan underwriting
Total raised
$3.8M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
1-10
since 2024
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2024
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
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Agentic AI loan package analysis
End-to-end credit underwriting automation
Decision-ready analysis in under three minutes
Thousands-of-documents processing
Loan origination system integration
Equipment finance support
Reduced lender operating costs
Faster small-business credit decisions
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
— Seed $3.8M Undisclosed
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- What does Kaaj do?
- It uses agentic AI to automate small-business loan underwriting, producing decision-ready credit analysis in minutes.
- How fast is Kaaj?
- It completes analysis that traditionally takes days in under three minutes.
- How much did Kaaj raise?
- A $3.8M seed round led by Kindred Ventures in November 2025.
- Who founded Kaaj?
- Utsav Shah (ex-Uber, Cruise) and Shivi Sharma (ex-Amex, Uber, Varo Bank).
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