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Scale AI's former CTO just launched Isotopes AI with a $20M seed round. The problem: People who can run data infrastructure aren't the ones who need the insights. The solution: AI agent "Aidnn" that handles complex data tasks in natural language. Why it matters: • Founded by Arun Murthy (co-creator of Hadoop) • Connects to any data source (Salesforce, Snowflake, ERP) • Shows reasoning and flags data anomalies • Already filed 10 patents • Addresses $1.8T problem of poor data coordination Murthy built Hadoop 20+ years ago, took Hortonworks public in 4 years, then learned LLMs at Scale AI. Now applying that knowledge to solve every founder's data access problem. Seed led by NTTVC. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/scale-ais-former-cto-launches-ai-agent-that-could-solve-big-datas-biggest-problem/