Samya.ai

The Bengaluru-based startup will provide software solutions to corporates. It is looking to simplify demand and supply issues for the consumer packed goods (CPG) industry through artificial intelligence. Samya.AI has raised $6 million (around Rs 42.6 crore) in a seed round of funding led by Sequoia India, the local arm of the American venture capital firm, the artificial intelligence-based company has said. Besides Sequoia Capital, the funding round also saw the participation of Ashish Gupta, founder of Junglee.com, Deb Henratta, previously group president at P&G, Arijit Sengupta, who founded Kradle Ventures, Deborah Kops, formerly chief marketing officer at WNS, and Sandeep Sugla of MarketsandMarkets, a release said.