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Autentic AI raises €1.5m: Evertrace spotted Dani Diestre 456 days earlier

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Autentic AI raises €1.5m: Evertrace spotted Dani Diestre 456 days earlier

Autentic AI has raised €1.5m in pre-seed funding from Baobab Ventures, Lanai Ventures, Acurio Ventures and Masia VC. The Spanish company builds an AI-powered market research platform.

Evertrace spotted Dani Diestre, co-founder of Autentic AI, 456 days before the funding announcement.

Before the round

The timeline
Evertrace detected the signal10 July 2025
Funding announced9 October 2026
Time before the announcement456 days

On 10 July 2025, Evertrace detected a stealth signal for Dani Diestre. Dani was in stealth, working on something new. That was 456 days before Autentic AI's funding announcement.

Dani Diestre founded Autentic AI with Aniol Carreras and Jacob Bamio.

What they’re building

Market research studies often take weeks. Autentic AI automates the full study process.

The platform interviews consumers and experts at the same time and delivers conclusions in days instead of weeks.

The round

Baobab Ventures, Lanai Ventures, Acurio Ventures and Masia VC invested in the €1.5m pre-seed round, together with a group of angel investors. Autentic AI will use the funding to automate more of the research workflow and to build its own network of verified consumers and experts.

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