Menlo Times · Jul 2025
Independent coverage of the seed round and the founding team, framing Keye as a private-equity diligence product built by former investors.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Keye is a YC F24, New York-based AI platform for private-equity due diligence that turns raw deal files into structured, audit-ready analyses with deterministic, Excel-ready outputs. Official and YC sources place the company’s founding in 2024, while some third-party directories still list 2021.
Primary product
AI-powered private equity diligence platform
Founded
2024
Headquarters
New York City, NY, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Private equity diligence software
Offices
New York City, NY, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
Enterprise software
Custom enterprise contracts
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.4M
Latest round
Seed · Jul 2025
Latest amount
$5M
People & investors
Work & culture
Founder-led, investor-built, security-first, and highly execution-oriented; the public messaging stresses determinism, auditability, no hallucinations, and building for the actual private-equity workflow.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public YC job postings show a Founding Private Equity Strategist role at $150K-$250K plus 0.25%-1.00% equity with sponsorship, and a Software Engineer (Remote) role at $130K-$200K plus 0.10%-0.75% equity, but that role is listed as US citizen/visa only.
Product & market
Pricing
Custom quote / demo-led enterprise SaaS
Differentiators
- —Deterministic, audit-ready outputs
- —Real calculations rather than summaries
- —Source-linked and document-level attribution
- —Excel-ready exports with dynamic formulas
- —Built specifically for private equity workflows
- —Security-first with zero data retention
- —No training on customer files
- —Customizable to a firm’s thesis, industry focus, and deal criteria
Technology
Python
React
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Docker
Kubernetes
Redis
RabbitMQ
Celery
SQLAlchemy
PyTorch
Hugging Face
CircleCI
Figma
Retool
Harness
pytest
Jest
GitHub
Box
Customers
Private equity investment teams and funds
The Lauder Institute
Competitors
Auquan
Nicklpass
Eilla AI
DealPotential
Dilig
Benchmark
kicker.cloud
DiligenceVault
Model ML
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
About $3.0M estimated (public range roughly $1.7M-$5.6M)
Estimated monthly visits
5.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
PRNewswire · Jul 2025
Official launch announcement: Keye came out of stealth with a $5M seed round, naming Sorenson Capital, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, ERA, Tiferes Ventures, Dunamu & Partners, Palm Drive Capital, and several angel investors.
FinSMEs · Jul 2025
Third-party funding coverage confirming the $5M seed round and listing the same institutional and angel backers.
Keye official blog · Jul 2025
Company announcement describing the product as a deterministic diligence engine for private-equity workflows and reiterating the $5M seed round.
Sorenson Capital · Jul 2025
Lead investor announcement describing Keye as an AI-native diligence platform for private equity that structures and analyzes deal data with institutional-grade accuracy.
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