[Funding news] CA-based Endeavor Secures $7Million in Seed Funding

Endeavor, a startup revitalizing American manufacturing through cutting-edge AI, secures $7million in seed funding led by Craft Ventures, along with Heartland Ventures, Contrary Capital, and BoxGroup, along with former senior executives from Palantir, AWS, and Fortune 500 industrial firms.

The company’s platform empowers manufacturers to unify siloed data sources and automate critical processes across sales, operations, and supply chains.

An Imminent Need to Modernize American Manufacturing

Endeavor was founded by 22-year-old Sahitya Senapathy, a recent graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Michigan to parents who worked for automotive icons like Ford and Chrysler, Senapathy built his first software application at just 11 years old to support FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts.

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During high school, Senapathy became a contractor for the Air Force Research Laboratory, working on autonomous drones and earning a secret-level clearance. Throughout college, he contributed to AI initiatives at AWS and Palantir before founding Endeavor out of his college dorm room to meet the urgent need for revitalizing American manufacturing.

In today’s rapidly evolving market, many American manufacturers remain reliant on outdated legacy systems that cannot communicate with one another, creating inefficiencies and fragmented data management. With a patchwork of ERP systems and countless troves of unstructured data locked away in spreadsheets PDFs, and isolated silos, these companies face significant barriers to automating operations and making informed, data-driven decisions.

Sahitya Senapathy, Founder and CEO of Endeavor said, “After visiting dozens of factories across the industrial heartland, it’s clear that America’s manufacturing sector holds immense potential but is being held back by outdated systems and processes, At Endeavor, we work every day to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technologies and the industrial strength of the Midwest.”

Endeavor’s Solution: Unifying Manufacturing Big Data with AI

Endeavor partners with manufacturing enterprises to identify operational bottlenecks apply its AI platform to unify siloed data systems and automate key processes across multiple departments. The company’s AI platform connects to both structured and unstructured data sources—like ERP systems, spreadsheets, and PDFs to unlock capabilities previously unavailable to customers.

About Endeavor

Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2023 Endeavor helps industrial enterprises solve their critical problems by transforming their processes with AI. The company is already deployed with leading manufacturers and is backed by Craft Ventures, Heartland Ventures, Contrary, BoxGroup, and leading industry executives.