Paradigm, a San Francisco, CA-based AI spreadsheet powered by AI agents, has raised $5 million in seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by General Catalyst, with additional pre-seed funding from Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Harrison Chase (LangChain), Eoghan McCabe (Intercom), and other AI and productivity founders.
General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation firm that partners with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI. It supports founders with a long-term vision who challenge the status quo, partnering with them from seed to growth stage and beyond. With offices in San Francisco, New York City, Boston, Berlin, Bangalore, and London, General Catalyst has supported the growth of over 800 businesses.
Paradigm Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to expand its AI-driven spreadsheet workspace, enhance live collaboration and workflow features, and accelerate adoption among enterprise users.
About Paradigm
Founded by Anna Monaco, Paradigm is building an AI-native workspace for work. Its platform embeds intelligent agents into a familiar spreadsheet interface, enabling teams to research, analyze, and generate outputs instantly. It automates complex workflows, performs large-scale web research, and supports live collaboration, document creation, and workflow automation—all within the spreadsheet interface. The platform helps users across consulting, recruiting, finance, marketing, sales, and other data-intensive roles automate thousands of hours of work each week. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Paradigm’s mission is to build an interface that enhances human reasoning and makes agent orchestration widely and pervasively accessible.
Funding Details
Company: Paradigm
Raised: $5.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: August 2025
Lead Investor: General Catalyst
Additional Investors: Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Harrison Chase, Eoghan McCabe, and other AI & productivity founders
Company Website: https://www.paradigmai.com/
Software Category: AI-powered Spreadsheet / Productivity Software
Source: Riley Munks, Founder, Activate PR