US-based HR startup co-founded by Romanian secures USD 3.75 mln in funding led by Google’s early-stage AI fund
<p>Cascade AI, a US-based startup co-founded by Romanian Ana-Maria Constantin and partner Pulak Goyal that provides a powerful AI assistant built to respond to human resources (HR) inquiries at an individual employee level, recently secured a USD 3.75 million seed investment led by Gradient, Google’s early-stage AI fund. Myriad Venture Partners and Success Venture Partners also participated.</p>

<p>The investment will enable Cascade AI to continue to build out customer-requested features and expand its platform to support increased demand driven by early customer successes.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This includes initiatives such as building AI agents that can help employees update personal information, enroll in benefits and perform other tasks; accelerating development of new reporting capabilities like office-level utilization; and enhancing the platform’s support of companies with global workforces, the company <a href="https://gocascade.ai/cascade-ai-secures-3-75-million-in-funding-led-by-gradient/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">said</a>.</p>

<p>“Fast uptake from employees has proven that personalized HR support can be scaled in a way that both frees up HR and improves the employee experience,” said Ana-Maria Constantin, CEO of Cascade AI.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Eylul Kayin, Partner at Gradient, commented: “We see Cascade AI as a game-changer for both daily operations and complex initiatives like mergers and acquisitions, global growth, and other business transformation.”</p>

<p>Ana-Maria Constantin, who has degrees in astrophysics and computer science, is 31 years old and founded the Cascade AI startup with her co-founder Pulak Goyal in the US two years ago, according to <a href="https://www.startupcafe.ro/idei-antreprenori/itista-romanca-atras-milioane-dolari-google-investitori-startup-iteligenta" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Startupcafe.ro</a>. She left Romania after high school to continue her studies in the United States, at Harvard, and now has both Romanian and American citizenship.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

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