FundraiseOct 6, 2026, 05:28 UTC

CurvetAI lands $623K pre-seed to build agentic AI workspace

What's the deal? Pune-based startup CurvetAI has raised US$814.8K in a pre-seed round led by Merak Ventures, with participation from angel investors.

What's the endgame? Founded in December 2025 by Vivek Dubey and Utkarsh Gupta, CurvetAI runs an AI workspace that puts multiple AI models on one platform. Users can work with text, image, audio, and video models, compare outputs, and combine capabilities within a single workflow.

The startup will spend the new capital to expand its engineering and technology infrastructure and build agent-based features that handle more complex workflows.

Why now? CurvetAI started as a platform for discovering AI tools and prompts. It pivoted to a workspace after the founders found users still had to leave the platform to use the tools they found.

By the numbers: The company reports more than 100,000 monthly users globally, with India and the US as its largest markets. It has also started generating revenue, serving individuals, teams, and educational institutions.

Dubey previously worked at Infosys, Microsoft, and Google, while Gupta — who leads engineering and technical infrastructure — has worked at Samsung. CurvetAI now collaborates with AI model developers including GnaniAI, Rumik AI, and Alibaba.

The signal: At roughly $623,000, the round sits in the lower band for pre-seed deals, a modest early cheque for a startup barely a year old. For CurvetAI, it is a first institutional vote of confidence as it bets on agentic workflows in a crowded AI tooling market.