AI Startup Ascerta Secures $18M in Series A Funding

Ascerta (fka Pay-i), a Bellevue, WA-based provider of an enterprise AI management platform, has secured $18 million in a Series A funding round, led by Dell Technologies Capital, bringing the total amount to $22.9 million.

The round also saw participation from Hitachi Ventures, BGV, Wipro Ventures, and earlier investors.

The company will use the funding to scale its platform, expand its go-to-market team, and add integrations with enterprise AI tools.

What is Ascerta?

Ascerta helps enterprises track, manage, and measure the value of AI across their organizations.

The platform connects with AI tools already used by companies, including Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Salesforce Agentforce, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.

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Ascerta tracks how employees use AI, what work AI performs, and the business outcomes it generates. It also measures AI costs, including individual model calls, sub-token costs, hidden fees and enterprise discounts.

How Much Funding Has Ascerta Secured?

Ascerta has secured $18 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $22.9 million.

The company previously operated as Pay-i and raised a $4.9 million Seed round in May 2025 focused on AI cost management.

The company later expanded its focus to the broader management of enterprise AI and rebranded as Ascerta.

Who Invested in Ascerta’s Series A Round?

The Series A round was led by Dell Technologies Capital.

Other participating investors included:

• Hitachi Ventures
• BGV
• Wipro Ventures
• Earlier investors

Why the Funding Matters

Ascerta will use the funding to scale its platform, expand its go-to-market team, and extend integrations with enterprise AI tools.

The company is focused on helping organizations understand AI adoption, costs, performance, and business value as AI becomes more widely used across enterprises.

Who founded Ascerta?

Ascerta was founded in 2023 by David Tepper, Doron Holan, and Erik Winters.

The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

"The market is full of meaningless vanity metrics," said David Tepper, CEO and Co-Founder of Ascerta. "Companies are counting tokens, lines of generated code, and agent runs, struggling to derive the impact AI has on their business. We built Ascerta to cut through the noise and give organizations the means to win in the AI era.

“At Atos, our Sovereign Agentic Studios operating model is built on moving agentic AI from pilot to production at global scale,” said Florin Rotar, Group CTO and Chief AI Officer at Atos. “That requires measurable business value, not just technical capability.

Market and Business Growth

Ascerta works with customers including Atos, Wipro, and global insurance carriers, and has partnerships with companies including Microsoft, AWS, IBM, Slalom, and Trace3.

According to the company, its platform has helped customers improve ROI on AI initiatives by 47%, reduce agent launch times by 24%, and cut wasted AI spending by 86%.

The company also helps organizations measure AI adoption across employees, teams, and tools, while identifying failed agent runs, duplicate projects, and Shadow AI spending.

What Happens Next?

Ascerta plans to scale its platform, expand its go-to-market team, and add more integrations with enterprise AI tools.

The company will continue helping enterprises measure AI costs, adoption, productivity, and business outcomes across their AI operations.

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