Kana (Kana Intelligence) builds a suite of flexible AI agents purpose-built for marketing operations. The agents perform data analysis, audience targeting, campaign management, customer engagement, media planning, and optimization of brand presence in AI chatbots, integrating with a company's existing marketing software rather than replacing it. Kana was incubated inside startup studio super{set} and emerged from stealth in early 2026 with a $15M seed round led by Mayfield, with managing partner Navin Chaddha joining the board. The company was founded by serial martech entrepreneurs Tom Chavez (CEO) and Vivek Vaidya (CTO), whose prior ventures Rapt and Krux were acquired by Microsoft and Salesforce respectively.
Kana
ActiveFlexible AI agents for marketing operations and campaign execution
Total raised
$15M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
11-50
since 2025
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2025
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
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Adaptable marketing AI agents
Automated data analysis
Audience targeting and segmentation
Campaign management and execution
Media planning and optimization
Customer engagement automation
Optimization for AI chatbot visibility
Integration with existing martech stack
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
— Seed $15M Undisclosed
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- What is Kana?
- An agentic marketing platform of flexible AI agents that run marketing operations tasks.
- Who founded Kana?
- Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya, the team behind Rapt (Microsoft) and Krux (Salesforce).
- Who funded Kana?
- Mayfield led a $15M seed round in early 2026.
- How is it different from copilot tools?
- Kana's agents are designed to own end-to-end marketing work units, not just assist.
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