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Rowspace raises $50M led by Sequoia to turn financial data into alpha AI platform that helps PE firms and hedge funds extract insights from years of proprietary data. • $50M across seed + Series A (co-led by Sequoia & Emergence) • Lead investor: Sequoia Capital • 10 top-tier firms with 7-figure annual contracts • Founded by ex-Notion CTO & ex-Uber finance director How it happened: • Met at MIT, took different career paths • Ling tested ChatGPT for due diligence in Nov 2022 — data context was the bottleneck • Built AI that processes inside customers' own cloud systems • Hired team from both tech and finance backgrounds • Secured 10 name-brand PE/credit firms as customers https://fortune.com/2026/02/25/rowspace-sequoia-ai-financial-platform-private-equity-investment-venture-capital/ Takeaway: Build AI that amplifies existing expertise rather than replacing it. Source: Fortune #startups#AI