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Kana raises $15M to build flexible AI marketing agents Serial marketing tech founders Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya (Rapt → Microsoft, Krux → Salesforce) just emerged from stealth with customizable AI agents for marketers. • $15M seed round led by Mayfield • 4th venture after 25+ years in martech • "Loosely coupled" agents for campaign management, audience targeting, data analysis • Real-time agent customization and deployment How it happened: • Built track record: Rapt (sold 2008), Krux (sold 2016) • Launched startup studio super{set} to incubate ventures • Identified AI + marketing opportunity during 9-month incubation • Leveraged 25+ years of customer pain points • Positioned flexibility as moat against incumbents Takeaway: Deep domain expertise + AI timing + proven exits = investor confidence. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers/ Source: TechCrunch #startups#AI