Sadia Saifuddin on LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Launch post for the Advancement Agent, highlighting a 79x increase in research output and 4x more strategic research capacity at Westmont College.
AI agents that automate administrative work across college campuses.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Risely AI is a Y Combinator S25 startup building an agentic AI platform for higher education that automates advising, enrollment, and fundraising workflows by connecting to campus systems like SIS, LMS, and CRM.
Primary product
AI Advisor plus an agentic higher-education operations platform
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Ramon, CA 94583, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Higher Education Technology
Sub-industry
Agentic AI for student success and campus operations
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.6M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Jun 2025
Founders
CTO & Co-founder
Investors
Intense, mission-driven, and hands-on startup culture with a strong bias toward speed, customer deployment, and in-person collaboration in San Francisco.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
No
Compensation
Publicly posted roles advertise $150K-$215K for the Founding Platform Engineering Lead, $120K-$180K for the Forward Deployed Engineer, and $90K-$130K for the Founder’s Associate, each with founding-level equity.
Benefits
Pricing
Sales-led, custom-quote enterprise pricing; no public self-serve pricing listed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$660K ARR (public third-party estimate)
Sadia Saifuddin on LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Launch post for the Advancement Agent, highlighting a 79x increase in research output and 4x more strategic research capacity at Westmont College.
Shahryar Abbasi on LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Case-study post describing a 32x increase in proactive outreach, 1,400 hours of capacity added, and the system integrations used at University of Arizona Online.
Sadia Saifuddin on LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Status update noting that Risely had deployed agents for advising, advancement, and enrollment at three universities and that deployments went live within weeks of kickoff.
Hacker News · Jul 2025
Launch post introducing Risely’s university automation platform and first advising/retention agent, with technical discussion about SIS/LMS/CRM integrations and compliance.
Y Combinator on LinkedIn · Jul 2025
YC’s launch post describes Risely’s AI Advisor, its early customers, and the founders’ backgrounds.