Datalinx AI, a New York-based AI data refinery that turns complex data into AI- and application-ready assets, has raised $4.2 million in Seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by High Alpha, with participation from Databricks Ventures, Aperiam, Frederic Kerrest (Okta co-founder, 515 Ventures), Ari Paparo (Beeswax, Marketecture), Arup Banerjee (Windfall Data), and other angel investors.
High Alpha is a leading B2B SaaS venture studio and investment firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2015, High Alpha creates, launches, scales, and invests in exceptional enterprise B2B software companies across North America. High Alpha has a portfolio of over 100 companies.
Datalinx AI Use of Funds
With this funding, Datalinx is poised to scale its operations and meet the surging demand for AI-ready data infrastructure.
About Datalinx AI
Led by CEO Joe Luchs, Datalinx AI is an AI-driven data refinery that helps enterprises turn messy data into clean, reliable, and ready-to-use assets for marketing, advertising, and commerce. Its platform automates the discovery, cleaning, validation, and activation of commercial data. Datalinx leverages specialized AI agents, commercial ontologies, modular architecture, and AI-assisted UX to enable teams to produce predictive, actionable data products. Based in NYC and Austin, Datalinx is on a mission to democratize AI adoption by solving the recurring problem of data readiness.
Funding Details
Company: Datalinx AI, Inc.
Raised: $4.2M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: January 2026
Lead Investor: High Alpha
Additional Investors: Databricks Ventures, Aperiam, Frederic Kerrest, Ari Paparo, Arup Banerjee, other angels
Company Website: https://www.datalinx.ai/
Software Category: AI / Data Infrastructure / Marketing / AI Data Readiness
Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/01/29/3228607/0/en/Datalinx-AI-Raises-4-2M-Seed-Round-to-Solve-Data-Readiness-Challenges-for-Enterprise-Marketing.html