Intel spin-off Articul8 bags Birla funding, aims global enterprise AI expansion

Enterprise GenAI startup Articul8 AI Inc. has raised the first tranche of a $70 million Series B funding round, with  Aditya Birla Ventures joining as a key investor—signalling growing Indian interest in global, enterprise-focused AI platforms.

The Santa Clara-based company, which spun out of Intel Corp. in 2024, is now valued at over $500 million. Other participants in the round include Adara Ventures and NXC Corporation. Articul8 said it expects to complete a final, strategic closing in the first quarter of 2026, citing strong investor demand.

So, what exactly does Articul8 do?

Founded by Arun Subramaniyan, Articul8 builds secure, domain-specific generative AI applications for large enterprises—particularly in regulated and mission-critical environments. Its full-stack platform allows companies to deploy GenAI entirely within their own security perimeters, a key differentiator as enterprises move from experimentation to production-scale AI use.

Articul8’s proprietary ModelMesh reasoning engine powers the platform and comes with pre-packaged AI agents tailored for specific industries. These include agents that analyse engineering diagrams to improve manufacturing efficiency, optimise power grid infrastructure for utilities, and support workflows across banking, automotive and aerospace sectors. Intel itself uses Articul8’s software to run an AI assistant that helps engineers troubleshoot semiconductor fabrication equipment.

In less than two years since launch, Articul8 has crossed $90 million in total contract value—more than three times its 2024 levels—driven by accelerating demand from enterprise customers. The company expects to generate $57 million in revenue this year and currently counts 29 customers, including Intel and Amazon Web Services.

Articul8 claims its vertically optimised models outperform general-purpose large language models in specialised tasks. Its A8-Energy model, for instance, achieved nearly 97% accuracy on regulatory and infrastructure queries, compared to about 71% for generic alternatives. The platform also enables faster deployment, with custom AI applications going live in under ten weeks—roughly a quarter of typical industry timelines.

Recent product additions include a Table Understanding Agent designed to extract and reason over complex spreadsheet data, and tools such as the LLM IQ Agent API, which helps enterprises select the most suitable AI models without lengthy evaluation cycles.

The startup has also been gaining ecosystem traction. It has been named the foundational GenAI provider for the Open Power AI Consortium, selected as a launch partner for Google’s Agent-to-Agent interoperability protocol, earned multiple AWS GenAI certifications, and unveiled its next-generation multi-agent platform at the Paris Air Show.

Arun Subramaniyan, Founder & CEO of Articul8. “Enterprises are starting to operationalise AI in environments where trust, precision, and accountability are non-negotiable. This new funding reflects the confidence our customers, partners, and investors have in our approach to enterprise AI, and it positions us to scale globally with the right long-term partners.”

Aryaman Vikram Birla, founder of Aditya Birla Ventures, said that generative AI is fast becoming a strategic necessity across industries. “Articul8’s vertically optimised GenAI platform helps enterprises unlock significant value from their proprietary data, cost-effectively and at scale,” he said in a statement, adding that the group plans to open up its global ecosystem to support the company’s growth.

According to the company, with fresh capital in hand, Articul8 plans to double down on product development and international expansion—readying itself towards the next phase of enterprise AI adoption, where trust, accuracy and accountability matter as much as scale.