Funding · 13 Oct 2026

Clueso, an AI video startup founded by three IIT Madras batchmates, raised a $10 million Series A led by Dharana Capital.

IIT Madras நண்பர்கள் மூவர் தொடங்கிய AI வீடியோ நிறுவனம் Clueso, Dharana Capital தலைமையில் $10 மில்லியன் Series A நிதி திரட்டியது. AI translation

Clueso makes AI agents that record software workflows and turn them into business videos. Its $10 million Series A, reported on 13 Oct 2026, was led by Dharana Capital and takes total funding to about $12 million. Inc42 says most of the 39-person team is in India.

The funding round

Clueso, a startup that builds AI agents to create business videos, has raised a $10 million Series A, according to coverage from 13 Oct 2026. Dharana Capital, an India-focused growth investor, led the round. Founders Future and Neotribe Ventures joined as new investors, and Y Combinator and F7 Ventures, who backed the company earlier, took part again.

Total funding is now about $12 million. Inc42 reports an earlier seed round of $1.4 million led by F7 Ventures. The Next Web adds that more than 80% of the new money came from existing investors.

Inc42 says the money will go to enterprise sales and marketing, the AI agents, the video editor, and links with systems that store product and company information.

What Clueso does and who it is for

The three founders, Akash Anand, Prajwal Prakash and Neel Balar, are IIT Madras batchmates. They started the company in 2023. It is headquartered in San Francisco. Inc42 reports a team of 39, about 35 of them in India, with a large presence in Bengaluru. The article does not mention Chennai.

The agents capture workflows by navigating real software, then write scripts, voiceovers and captions, and edit the video. When a product or brand guideline changes, the video can be refreshed. A connector lets assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT create and manage videos.

The company says more than 1,000 businesses pay for it, including Atlassian, Zendesk and GitLab. Inc42 lists Indian customers as PhonePe, Zoho and MoEngage, and says about 10 to 15% of customers are in India. Customers report fivefold productivity gains and 80% lower production costs; The Next Web notes these claims have not been independently verified.

Why it matters in Tamil Nadu

It shows that IIT Madras graduates can build a product used by global software companies, with most of the team based in India.

Where this comes from

SourceInc42
Also checkedThe Next Web Investors, product, customer claims
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theTN.ai, "Clueso, an AI video startup founded by three IIT Madras batchmates, raised a $10 million Series A led by Dharana Capital.", 13 Oct 2026. https://thetn.ai/news/2026-10-17-clueso-series-a/