Ellis AI's $10M Seed Pulls Thrive, Khosla, and First Round Into One Round

Ellis AI emerged from stealth July 30, 2026, with more than $10 million in seed funding for an AI agent platform targeting private credit workflows. The cap table is the story: Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Slow Capital, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital, and Mellody Hobson all backed the round — a roster that rarely converges at seed. Worth flagging: that concentration suggests firm-level bets on AI agents as a durable financial-services software category.