Antfly Raises $2M Pre-seed

Antfly, a Portland-based startup that develops software to streamline data infrastructure for AI agents, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding. The company aims to solve the so-called Retrieval Gap, which makes it difficult for AI systems to pull accurate, permission-checked data from disparate corporate sources.

Investors

The round was led by Heavybit, with participation from 8-Bit Capital.

Antfly Use of Funds

Antfly plans to use the new capital to expand its product engineering team and scale support for customers deploying its retrieval engine in production environments.

About Antfly

Founded in 2026 by James McDermott and AJ Roetker, Antfly builds a unified engine and API designed to help developers connect AI agents to corporate data without the need to maintain complex, fragmented retrieval pipelines. The company currently employs six engineers in Portland.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://antfly.io

Company: Antfly
Raised: $2M
Round: Pre-seed
Funding Date: September 17, 2026
Lead Investor: Heavybit
Additional Investors: 8-Bit Capital
Software Category: Artificial Intelligence Data Infrastructure
Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/portland-startup-antfly-raises-2m-to-streamline-data-infrastructure-for-ai-agents/