Palona AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based AI solutions provider for D2C and consumer-facing businesses, has raised $10 million in seed funding. 

Investors 

The round was backed by UpHonest Capital, Fusion Fund, Maynard Webb, NEO Investment Partners, and other strategic angels and institutions. 

Palona AI Use of Funds 

The funding will support Palona's mission to give customers AI they can trust with the most carefully crafted and important parts of any business. 

About Palona AI 

Founded by Maria Zhang, Steve Liu, and Tim Howes, Palona AI is building AI solutions to help businesses grow by bringing their brands to life and creating lasting connections with their customers. It develops AI systems with multi-agents, multimodal models, combined with an unrivaled emotional intelligence language model. Palona is redefining customer engagement for consumer-facing businesses in the D2C, retail, and service industries. 

Funding Details 

Company: Palona AI 

Raised: $10.0M 

Round: Seed Round 

Funding Date: January 2025 

Investors: UpHonest Capital, Fusion Fund, Maynard Webb, NEO Investment Partners 

Company Website: https://palona.ai/  

Software Category: Customer Engagement

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250123174563/