# Naïve Raises $28.5M Series A for Autonomous Company Operations

> Naïve has raised a $28.5 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners to automate the grunt work of starting and running a company, with Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners and Liquid 2 Ventures also taking part. The startup wants to handle the tedious operational scaffolding, from setup through day-to-day operations, so founders can skip the busywork. The backstory is part of the appeal: the company was co-founded by 20-year-old UC Berkeley dropouts Sean Dorje and Dennis Zax, and it says more than 30,000 developers signed up within months, translating to low double-digit millions in annual recurring revenue. The new money will go toward virtualized sandboxes, model routing, a memory layer and governance features. It is a neat example of AI agents being pointed at the unglamorous middle of running a business, the incorporation, compliance and operational chores that eat time without adding much. Whether that translates into durable revenue depends on how much of the work agents can actually own end to end, but the early traction suggests real demand.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: TechCrunch · Published Friday, August 28, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Naïve has raised a $28.5 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners to automate the grunt work of starting and running a company, with Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners and Liquid 2 Ventures also taking part. The startup wants to handle the tedious operational scaffolding, from setup through day-to-day operations, so founders can skip the busywork. The backstory is part of the appeal: the company was co-founded by 20-year-old UC Berkeley dropouts Sean Dorje and Dennis Zax, and it says more than 30,000 developers signed up within months, translating to low double-digit millions in annual recurring revenue. The new money will go toward virtualized sandboxes, model routing, a memory layer and governance features. It is a neat example of AI agents being pointed at the unglamorous middle of running a business, the incorporation, compliance and operational chores that eat time without adding much. Whether that translates into durable revenue depends on how much of the work agents can actually own end to end, but the early traction suggests real demand.

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[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/naive-raises-28-5m-to-automate-the-grunt-work-of-setting-up-and-running-a-company/)

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