Thira raises $21M seed round led by Madrona to build an agentic, secure execution system for enterprise back‑offices
Thira has closed a $21 million seed round led by Madrona to develop an agentic, security‑first execution system aimed at enterprise back‑offices, with an initial focus on automating complex IT processes. Apptio cofounders Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer are among the company’s founders. Thira plans a broader launch this fall after a co‑design phase with ten customer organizations.
A seed round and an experienced team
The $21M financing is led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a mix of advisors and CIOs. Matt McIlwain, Managing Director at Madrona and a former partner of Sunny Gupta, will join Thira’s board; Kellan Carter (FUSE) will serve as a board observer. The founding team draws talent from Apptio, Atlassian, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Databricks and an AI startup, bolstering product expertise and access to large enterprise customers.
Thira: an agentic execution platform for the back office
Thira positions itself as a “system of execution” powered by self‑learning agents designed to operate directly within existing enterprise systems. The platform emphasizes security, governance, system connectivity and an AI execution layer supported by an enterprise knowledge graph. Its goal is to move beyond visibility—analytics and metrics—toward autonomous action across heterogeneous workflows.
Why CIOs should care
Founders say CIOs have asked for tools that can execute complex operational processes while preserving corporate controls. Sunny Gupta notes that after building trust with enterprises on technology‑spend management, the team now wants to “act” on that data to improve back‑office outcomes. By initially targeting IT processes, Thira addresses a common pain point: orchestrating actions across disparate teams and systems without sacrificing security or compliance.
Roadmap and design partners
Ten organizations are already engaged as design partners to refine the platform ahead of a public launch planned for the fall. Thira highlights the combination of self‑learning agents and a knowledge graph as the mechanism to automate and secure complex workflows; the involvement of CIOs and former product leaders among investors and advisers should help drive enterprise adoption.
In summary
Backed by an experienced team and significant seed funding, Thira aims to turn AI’s promise into operational execution in enterprise back‑offices. The market will be watching to see if the company can deliver on that promise when it launches this fall.
