Poetiq, a Mountain View, CA–based developer of an AI meta-system that enhances large language models (LLMs), has raised $45.8 million in Seed funding.
Investors
The round was co-led by FYRFLY Venture Partners and Surface Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, and Neuron Venture Partners.
FYRFLY Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in the data and intelligence sector. The firm backs startups that build competitive advantage through proprietary data and intelligence. Based in Silicon Valley and Switzerland, FYRFLY invests in founders worldwide.
Surface Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in pre-Seed and Seed-stage investments. Founded in 2020, the firm primarily partners with B2B software companies across the U.S. and Canada, with a heavy emphasis on AI, data infrastructure, and developer tools.
Poetiq Use of Funds
The funding will be used to further develop Poetiq’s AI meta-system, expand integrations with frontier LLMs, and scale its team.
About Poetiq
Founded in June 2025 by Shumeet Baluja and Ian Fischer, Poetiq has developed an AI meta-system designed to solve complex real-world problems that frontier models struggle with. The platform enhances the reasoning and learning capabilities of any LLM, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, and LLaMA. Through recursive self-improvement, Poetiq generates AI agents to solve business problems that are too difficult or too expensive for LLMs alone.
Funding Details
Company: Poetiq
Raised: $45.8M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: January 2026
Lead Investors: FYRFLY Venture Partners, Surface Ventures
Additional Investors: Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, Neuron Venture Partners
Company Website: https://poetiq.ai/
Software Category: AI Meta-System / Reasoning Engine
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