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Redactive

Redactive is an enterprise AI enablement platform that assists regulated organisations in securing and preparing their unstructured operational data for AI applications, such as co-pilots. It also provides engineering teams with tools to develop their own AI use cases securely with any large language model (LLM). Founded in 2023 by former Atlassian product managers Andrew Pankevicius and Alexander Valente, along with AI engineer Lucas Sargent, Redactive addresses the shortage of AI engineering and security skills within enterprise software teams. Their platform manages complex data engineering tasks, including data connectors, indexing, and permissions, ensuring enterprise security and compliance while enabling developers to focus on creating innovative AI-powered applications.

Sector
Enterprise AI data security / governance
Business model
B2B SaaS (AI data security)
Founded
2023
Founders
Andrew Pankevicius, Alexander Valente, Lucas Sargent
Headquarters
Melbourne
Markets
Australia, United States
Latest round
US$11.5M Seed, led by Blackbird Ventures & Felicis (Jul 2024)
Status
Acquired by RecordPoint

Sources: redactive.ai, forbes.com.au, startupdaily.net, smartcompany.com.au, recordpoint.com

1person interviewed
2episodes across 1 show
3mentions in other conversations
1backer heard on Day One

The team on Day One

Hear from the team

Milestones

  1. 2023 Founded by ex-Atlassian engineers startupdaily.net
  2. July 2024 Raised A$11.5M seed round startupdaily.net
  3. Oct 2025 Acquired by RecordPoint startupdaily.net

What others say about Redactive

Moments from other conversations on the network where Redactive comes up.

We had Alex Valente from Redactive on the show He found his CTO from a very active group chat. I think it was World of Warcraft.”
Georgie HealyHost, In The Blink Of AI In The Blink Of AI · How AI is Making Games Uniquely Yours (F… · 45:37 ▶
I decided to go with Redactive AI, and they landed a monster $11.5 million seed round for permissioned dev tools.”
Will RichardsCo-Founder, Overnight Success The Startup Retro · Fintech vs. banks, AI jobs surge & top s… · 17:11 ▶
what Redactive is doing is helping set up inside big enterprises basically the ability for people who work internally to use AI, but make sure that the data is permissioned so it stays in that silo”
Will RichardsCo-Founder, Overnight Success The Startup Retro · Fintech vs. banks, AI jobs surge & top s… · 17:37 ▶

In the news

Backers heard on Day One

Also backed by Felicis, Atlassian Ventures, Zapier.

Sources: smartcompany.com.au, forbes.com.au

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