Centific raises $60M series A to power the next wave of global agentic AI systems
Jun 24, 2025
Today marks a pivotal moment in Centific’s journey: we’re thrilled to announce our $60 million Series A funding round. This investment accelerates our mission to be the invisible force behind the world’s most advanced AI; empowering innovators to build, deploy, and scale AI systems that are safe, resilient, and transformative.
Fueling the future of AI infrastructure
Since our founding in 2020, Centific has quietly powered many of the world’s most ambitious AI breakthroughs. We’ve built the trusted data backbone for leading model builders, AI labs, and enterprise pioneers, delivering the infrastructure, oversight, and expertise required to move AI from experimentation to real-world impact.
Today, AI is rapidly evolving from isolated models to agentic systems that perceive, reason, and act at scale. Enterprises are no longer content with pilots, they’re moving to enterprise-wide deployment, demanding scale, trust, and seamless integration with legacy systems. Centific is built for this moment, and the world is taking notice.
Why this round, why now
This funding round isn’t about necessity, it’s about ambition. Having trained many of the world’s leading AI models, our Zero Distance Innovation™ ethos now pivots to unlocking enterprise impact.
With significant interest from top-tier firms, we chose Granite Asia for their unmatched track record in scaling early-stage technology leaders. As Jenny Lee, Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia, put it:
“Centific is uniquely positioned to become a foundational partner in the enterprise AI stack. With its global delivery infrastructure, strong client base, and commitment to safe, responsible AI, Centific reflects our vision for enduring infrastructure in the future of industry.”
The Centific AI Data Foundry: built for scale, safety, and speed
Our AI Data Foundry is the engine that powers this next wave of innovation, bringing together the component’s organizations need to power safe, scalable agentic AI deployments:
Infrastructure-Agnostic Deployment: Seamlessly scale models across cloud, core, edge, and far-edge environments.
High-Precision Model Training: Workflow-orchestrated datasets fine-tune LLMs and domain-specific agents with unparalleled accuracy.
Optimized AI Inferencing: Low-latency, high-assurance pipelines for production-grade Vision and Language AI.
Agentic AI Experiences: Digital twins, avatars, and multi-agent coordination that bring Physical AI to life.
Governance & Risk Mitigation: Human-in-the-loop validation, synthetic-data controls, and audit-ready compliance workflows at every stage
Trusted by the Magnificent Seven, top model labs, and Fortune 500 organizations, Centific’s Data Foundry provides the secure, repeatable infrastructure needed to keep pace with rapid innovation while minimizing operational and regulatory risk.
Investing in the next generation of AI
With this new capital, we’re doubling down on four key areas:
Expand Functionality & Capabilities: Enhance our platform to accelerate the journey from prototype to production, delivering resilient, agile systems finely tuned for real-world impact.
Supercharge R&D Frontiers: Fuel breakthroughs in model architectures, Vision AI, and agentic frameworks, pushing the boundaries of AI innovation.
Scale the Enterprise AI Backbone: Cement Centific’s position as the foundational partner, powering mission-critical AI deployments at the speed of innovation.
Amplify Strategic Ecosystem Alliances: Deepen collaborations with NVIDIA, Microsoft, AWS, Dell, Lenovo, and GPU-as-a-Service leaders, driving global adoption.
Looking ahead
As demand for sovereign, secure, and scalable AI systems surges, Centific is perfectly positioned to lead. We envision AI as an unseen yet indispensable layer of everyday life, powering industries, nations and cities. Our unified ecosystem brings together world-class talent, robust platforms, and cutting-edge technology to fuel the next generation of AI-driven innovation.
Thank you to our customers, partners, investors, and the entire Centific team. Your trust and collaboration have made this milestone possible. Together, we’re building the backbone for the future of AI.
Since Venkat and a team of AI experts founded Centific, his knowledge, experience, and leadership have driven a wide range of successful digital transformation initiatives. Venkat has repeatedly demonstrated a unique ability to envision strategic business solutions for complex operational and technological challenges and to communicate these solutions to Centific’s diverse range of clients.
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