AuxoAI Raises $20.7M Series A to Build the Forward-Deployed AI Company

NTTVC-led Series A backs AuxoAI's industry-defining model for enterprise AI - combining forward-deployed expertise with deep enterprise context to redesign how work gets done and turn AI into measurable business outcomes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AuxoAI today announced a $20.7 million Series A led by NTTVC to accelerate the company's growth and scale its forward-deployed model for enterprise AI. AuxoAI's Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team has worked with more than 40 clients across manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare, telecom, and other industries to turn AI into measurable business results transforming operations, accelerating adoption, boosting productivity, and enhancing customer engagement

The round also includes participation from prominent technology executives and strategic investors, including George Still Jr., Partner Emeritus at Norwest Venture Partners and longtime Workday board member; Amit Zavery, President, Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer at ServiceNow; and Giacomo Sonnino, Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners and former COO of QuantumBlack North America.

AuxoAI has built a strong foundation over the last three years, working with G2000 enterprises and strategic AI technology partners. At the center of AuxoAI's approach are Forward Deployed Experts, a combination of Forward Deployed Strategists and Engineers who work alongside the customer's business to understand how work actually happens, capture enterprise context, identify ways to reimagine work, and build production AI that gets used.

Strategy and engineering teams work in tandem with customers, building a unique approach that translates enterprise goals to production-grade AI deployments. AuxoAI accelerates time to value with its proprietary FDE Workbench, Damia, which has codified intelligence for several enterprise AI deployments.

Earlier this year, AuxoAI was announced as one of select AI Pureplay Partners for Gemini Enterprise Transformation program, as part of Google's $750Mn investment in enterprise AI deployment.

Scaling the Forward-Deployed AI model

The Series A will accelerate the next phase of that journey: expanding AuxoAI's global Forward Deployed talent, investing in proprietary technology and AI-native delivery capabilities, and scaling its presence and strategic ecosystem.

"We founded AuxoAI on a simple thesis: AI will fundamentally change how enterprises work, but technology alone will not make that happen," said Amaresh Tripathy, Arvinder Pal Singh and Kabir Singh, co-founders of AuxoAI. "Our mission is to bring AI into the operating fabric of the enterprise by deeply understanding its context, a context that general-purpose AI does not inherently understand, and reimagining how work gets done. Our vision is to build a new kind of AI company - one that combines human expertise, enterprise context and engineering to stay with the problem from the first idea through measurable outcomes in production. This investment gives us the opportunity to scale that model globally."

"Over the past year, we've gotten to know AuxoAI's co-founders, and what stands out is their rare combination of technical ambition and human instinct," said Vab Goel, Founding Partner of NTTVC. "The authenticity and thoughtfulness they bring to customer conversations earn trust. Paired with deep enterprise understanding and the ability to deploy AI, that trust is the foundation for a lasting partnership on a customer's most consequential work. We are excited to lead Auxo's Series A funding round because we believe they can build an enduring leader in AI services."

"AuxoAI's FDEs have embedded directly into our teams and helped accelerate our vision of becoming an AI-native marketing organization. They've helped our teams adopt new ways of working by building AI capabilities and agents, while supporting training and change management. Together, we've significantly shortened campaign strategy-to-launch timelines, eliminated many hours of manual reviews, and moved from lagging metrics toward leading signals," said Stacy Simpson, Chief Marketing Officer, Athenahealth.

"Across quant and panel studies, AuxoAI's Damia synthetic consumer personas have helped us make faster, more informed decisions across marketing, menu design, and pricing," said Michael Breed, Chief Marketing Officer for Fogo de Chao. "By connecting synthetic consumers to our real segments, we can follow performance into the real world, compare expectations with actual results, and continuously accelerate the learning cycle."

Bolstering AuxoAI's Strategic Investors & Advisors

The company is also welcoming three strategic investors and advisors as part of this round: George Still Jr., Partner Emeritus at Norwest Venture Partners; Amit Zavery, President, Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer at ServiceNow; and Giacomo Sonnino, Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners

"I've spent much of my career working alongside entrepreneurs building successful enterprise technology companies like PeopleSoft, Workday, and Rackspace. What stood out to me about Auxo AI is the combination of a very experienced founding team, strong early customer traction delivering a unique value-added offering," said George Still Jr., Partner Emeritus at Norwest Venture Partners and longtime Workday board member. "Auxo AI has a clear ambition to build a differentiated company at the intersection of AI, technology, and services. I am pleased and excited to be an investor and look forward to helping the team in any to build a successful and enduring company."

About AuxoAI

AuxoAI is building the Forward-Deployed AI Company. Founded in 2023, the company works alongside Global 2000 enterprises to understand how their businesses operate, re-imagine how work gets done with AI, and build production systems that deliver measurable business outcomes. AuxoAI has a unique approach to forward deploying teams of AI strategists and engineers, and accelerating deployment with Damia, its IP FDE workbench.

Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, AuxoAI is an AI-native Google Gemini Enterprise transformation partner and an AWS advanced-tier partner. Learn more at www.auxoai.com.

About NTTVC

NTTVC is a silicon valley-based venture capital firm formed in partnership with NTT, a global technology leader operating in over 70 countries. NTTVC helps startups accelerate growth and scale globally. Its investments include Anthropic, Neysa, nference, Celona, Eko Health, and Shoreline (acquired by NVIDIA). For more information, visit www.nttvc.com

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