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Internet Backyard Raises $4.5M For Data-Centre Financing
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Internet Backyard, founded by Mai Trinh, this fall raised $4.5 million USD in a pre-seed SAFE at a $25 million valuation, led by Basis Set with participation from Crucible Capital and others. The startup launched Gnomos, an AI-agent data-centre financing platform that tracks usage, energy, and costs while automating quotes, billing, and disputes. The team relocated to San Francisco to accelerate testing and scaling.
Key Points
- 1Raises $4.5 million pre-seed at $25M valuation to build data-centre financing product Gnomos.
- 2Addresses legacy finance workflows with AI agents for metrics, quotes, billing, disputes across mid-market operators.
- 3Enables practitioners to monitor usage, energy, and costs, improving transparency and automating billing processes.
Scoring Rationale
Strong, credible pre-seed raise and AI-driven product for data-centers, but limited novelty and vertical scope restrict broader impact.
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