Poetic raises $50M Series A at a $500M valuation led by Kleiner Perkins, with OpenAI, Founders Fund, and First Harmonic also investing
The San Francisco startup hit an eight-figure run rate and turned profitable in 2025 with just four employees, automating fraud and compliance workflows for SoFi, AIG, and Chime.
Unlike conventional AI agents, Poetic uses a proprietary programming language to turn business processes into deterministic, repeatable code.
Most enterprise AI pilots die quietly. They look impressive in a demo, survive a controlled test, and then stall the moment they hit a real compliance workflow, a fraud investigation queue, or a multi-hour insurance review.
Poetic, a San Francisco startup formerly known as Forge, thinks it has cracked the problem, and a $50M Series A suggests some of the sharpest investors in the business agree. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins at a $500M valuation, with participation from OpenAI, Founders Fund, First Harmonic, and Genius Ventures.
