Early-stage AI startups that filed a Form D in the last 30 days

Between August 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026, several early-stage artificial intelligence companies in the United States submitted notices of exempt offerings of securities via SEC Form D. This document provides qualified intelligence on companies raising private capital, distinguishing equity offerings and SAFEs from debt obligations, and screening for asset encumbrances and distress.

In the 30-day window from August 29, 2026 to September 28, 2026,[date] 7 early-stage US AI operating companies were qualified after screening SEC Form D filings and public records. Across these 7 companies, the actual breakdown of instruments reported under Form D Item 9 is:

• 1 company raised through Equity alone (Ironsite AI Inc.);[5]
• 1 company raised through Equity combined with Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security / Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security (Meadow AI, Inc.);[1]
• 3 companies raised through Other – SAFE / SAFEs (Converus AI, Inc.,[3] OpsMate AI, Inc.,[7] and Perceptiq Inc.);[8]
• 1 company raised through a combination of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security, Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security, and Other – SAFE (DeepMorph.ai, Inc.);[9] and
• 1 company raised through Other – Revenue participation interests (Change Agent AI, Inc.),[4] which are revenue participation contracts rather than equity.

None of the 7 companies raised capital through debt instruments on Form D.

Regarding public lien registers, UCC coverage is currently Colorado (CO) and Connecticut (CT) only; all seven issuers are Delaware corporations, and Delaware was not searched because Delaware does not provide a queryable public UCC register. Within the two searchable registries (CO and CT), zero companies held active UCC-1 financing statements or liens. One potential debtor match ("BONAFIDE SOLUTIONS LLC" in Connecticut) was identified during screening but excluded as an unrelated municipal tax lien entity rather than the AI software issuer.

The single biggest gate across the qualified companies is valuation and pricing opacity: SEC Form D exempt notices do not disclose pre-money or post-money company valuations, cap table ownership percentages, share prices, or conversion discount mechanics. Additionally, several offerings incorporate non-cash conversions of pre-existing convertible notes or SAFEs rather than pure fresh cash capital injections, or represent late filings for closed historic rounds.

Table 1. US early-stage AI companies filing SEC Form D between August 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026.

• Principal Place of Business: Seattle, Washington (1107 23RD AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98112).[1]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[1]
• Year Incorporated: 2021.[1]
• Filing Date: September 25, 2026.[1]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $13,109,993, with the full $13,109,993 sold to 38 investors and $0 remaining.[1]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Equity + Security to be acquired upon exercise of option, warrant or other right to acquire security under Rule 506(b).[1] First sale date reported as September 11, 2026.[1]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Jai Sim (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter), Abbas Guvenilir (Executive Officer, Promoter), Dragos Velicanu (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter), and Steve Reale (Director).[1]
• Operational Focus: Form D Item 4 industry group reports Other Technology.[1] (Secondary sources describe the company as an enterprise AI retail operations monitoring platform, but no citable primary company website or regulatory operational description is included; Form D industry group governs).[1]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because the instrument description was corrected to reflect Item 9 options/warrants, Item 3 related persons were expanded to include Dragos Velicanu and Steve Reale, incorporation fields were added, and the business description was restricted to the primary Form D industry group.

• Principal Place of Business: Newark, Delaware (131 CONTINENTAL DR SUITE 305, NEWARK, DELAWARE 19713; executive address in Brandon, FL).[3]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[3]
• Year Incorporated: 2026.[3]
• Filing Date: September 25, 2026.[3]
• Offering Details: Total offering amount of $50,000 under Rule 506(b), with $20,000 sold to 2 investors (Item 14) and $30,000 remaining to be sold.[3]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Other – Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE).[3] First sale date reported as September 11, 2026.[3]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Shivang Ashutosh Vaidya (Executive Officer, Director) and Tania Rallo Mendez (Executive Officer, Director).[3]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[3]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because the investor count was corrected from 1 to 2, the instrument was updated to Form D Item 9 exact text ("Other – Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE)"), incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was anchored strictly to Form D Item 4.

• Principal Place of Business: Herndon, Virginia (2201 Cooperative Way 6th Floor, Herndon, VIRGINIA 20105).[4]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[4]
• Year Incorporated: 2024.[4]
• Filing Date: September 21, 2026.[4]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $1,797,500 under Rule 506(c) (Item 6), with $250,000 sold to 1 investor (Item 14) and $1,547,500 remaining.[4]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Other – Revenue participation interests.[4] Revenue participation interests are contractual revenue-sharing rights, not equity securities. First sale date reported as September 11, 2026.[4]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Craig Johnson (Executive Officer, Director), Michael Phelan (Executive Officer, Director), Tyler McFadden (Director), and Mikka MacDonald (Director).[4]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[4]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because exemption was corrected from Rule 506(b) to Rule 506(c), instrument was corrected from "Equity (Common / Preferred stock)" to "Other – Revenue participation interests", investor count was corrected from 2 to 1, Mikka MacDonald was added to related persons, incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was replaced with the Form D industry group.

• Principal Place of Business: San Francisco, California (118 KING STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94107).[5]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[5]
• Year Incorporated: 2024.[5]
• Filing Date: September 18, 2026.[5]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $30,792,485, fully sold to 53 investors ($0 remaining).[5] Per the Item 13 clarification, total offering and total amount sold include $15,392,500 previously received by the issuer in the sale of convertible securities that converted in this transaction.[5]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Equity under Rule 506(b).[5] First sale date reported as September 4, 2026.[5]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Maximilian Nicholas Mona (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter) and Randy Perillo (Director).[5]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[5]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because the $15,392,500 conversion clarification was re-cited to Form D Item 13 rather than secondary press, incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was replaced with the Form D industry group.

• Principal Place of Business: Westwood, Massachusetts (9 APPLESEED LN, WESTWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS 02090).[7]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[7]
• Year Incorporated: 2024.[7]
• Filing Date: September 18, 2026.[7]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $1,300,000, fully sold ($1,300,000 sold, $0 remaining) across 14 investors (Item 14).[7] The filing represents a late notice for a closed round: the date of first sale was February 9, 2025,[7] and Item 13 clarification explicitly states: "This SAFE offering has been completed. No additional securities will be sold in this offering."[7]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Other – Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) under Rule 506(b).[7]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Howard Heppelmann (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter), Jianjie Zhang (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter), Tao Xu (Executive Officer, Promoter), and Ting Liu (Promoter).[7]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[7]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because investor count was corrected from 15 to 14, Ting Liu was added to related persons, offering was clarified as a late notice for a completed round, incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was replaced with the Form D industry group.

• Principal Place of Business: Tampa, Florida (5005 West Laurel Suite 100, Tampa, FLORIDA 33607).[8]
• Previous Names: Form D Item 1 lists a previous name: "Dude Get a Job Inc."[8]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[8]
• Year Incorporated: 2025.[8]
• Filing Date: September 22, 2026.[8]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $200,000 under Rule 506(b), with $30,750 sold to 1 investor (Item 14) and $169,250 remaining.[8]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Other – Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE).[8] First sale date reported as September 7, 2026.[8]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Martin Merschdorf (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter) and Andreas Schilling (Executive Officer, Director, Promoter).[8]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[8]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because investor count was corrected from 2 to 1, previous entity name "Dude Get a Job Inc." was added from Item 1, incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was replaced with the Form D industry group.

• Principal Place of Business: Newark, California (8407 CENTRAL AVENUE SUITE 2105, NEWARK, CALIFORNIA 94560).[9]
• State of Incorporation: Delaware.[9]
• Year Incorporated: 2025.[9]
• Filing Date: September 9, 2026.[9]
• Offering Details: Form D notice reported a total offering amount of $9,000,000 under Rule 506(b), with $8,575,000 sold to 4 investors (Item 14) and $425,000 remaining.[9]
• Instrument (Form D Item 9): Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security + Security to be Acquired Upon Exercise of Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Security + Other – Simple Agreement for Future Equity.[9] First sale date reported as August 25, 2026.[9]
• Related Persons (Item 3): Bin Ni (Executive Officer, Director).[9]
• Operational Focus: Other Technology (Form D Item 4).[9]
• Confidence: Medium.[conf] Row downgraded from High because instrument description was aligned verbatim with Form D Item 9 checkboxes, incorporation fields were added, and operational focus was anchored to Form D Item 4.

Confidence ratings reflect source verification fidelity, primary source alignment, and data completeness:

• High: All fields are established directly from verified primary regulatory filings with zero discrepancies, no retroactively amended values, and full alignment between primary data and derived lead classifications.
• Medium: Key fields are established from verified primary filings, but the record required substantive corrections from earlier misattributions (such as correcting instrument classifications, investor counts, or regulatory exemptions), represents a historical closed round filed late, or lacks citable primary operating disclosures beyond broad statutory industry codes.
• Low: Significant core offering terms are missing, contradictory across filings, or dependent entirely on unverified secondary assumptions.

The following entities were identified in recent Form D filings or capital market screening but are disqualified from active outreach as early-stage AI leads:

1. Bonafide.ai, Inc. (Oakland, CA): Filed Form D on August 25, 2026 for a $12,210,000 offering ($9,239,992 sold).[11] Disqualified because the filing date of August 25, 2026 is 34 days prior to September 28, 2026, falling outside the strict 30-day window (August 29 to September 28, 2026). Additionally, $4,210,000 of the amount sold represented non-cash conversions of pre-existing SAFEs.
2. Portica AI, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN): Filed Form D on August 27, 2026 for a $450,000 SAFE offering.[12] Disqualified because the filing date of August 27, 2026 is 32 days prior to September 28, 2026, outside the 30-day window.
3. Generalist AI, Inc. (San Francisco, CA): Filed Form D on August 24, 2026 (CIK 0002137708) for a $208,247,400 equity offering ($198,247,400 sold).[13] Disqualified due to filing date falling outside the 30-day window (filed 35 days prior to September 28, 2026), and late-stage growth scale rather than early-stage profile.
4. Persona AI Inc. (Houston, TX): Filed Form D on September 14, 2026 reporting $65,360,000 sold toward a $141,960,000 offering.[14] Disqualified due to scale: with over $65M raised and a $142M round target for industrial humanoid robotics, Persona AI represents mid-to-late growth-stage capitalization rather than an early-stage startup.
5. Salty AI Inc. (Park City, UT): Filed Form D notices on September 22, 2026 (CIK 0001911715) for a $4,500,000 offering ($4,117,983 sold).[15] Disqualified because the company was founded in 2021 (originally Embedded Insurance Inc.) and operates primarily as an insurtech agency rather than a pure AI core developer, and its initial sale date dates back to February 2025.
6. Krina AI, Inc. (San Francisco, CA): Filed Form D on September 2, 2026 (CIK 0002151596) for $200,000 total offering ($100,000 sold).[16] Disqualified from primary pursuit due to unverified operational product traction and founder role overlap.
7. Belltower Fund Group / SPVs (Multiple Filings): Multiple syndicates including ET-0908 Fund I, a Series of Syntax Ventures, LP (CIK 0002155398, filed September 17, 2026)[17] and E Abramson Legacy Fund LLC (CIK 0002156486, filed September 21, 2026).[18] Disqualified because these are pooled investment vehicles and SPVs investing into AI startups, not AI operating companies.
8. BONAFIDE SOLUTIONS LLC (East Haven, CT): Recorded on Connecticut UCC-1 registry (filing #0005116127 and #0005049613). Disqualified as a municipal tax lien issued by the Town of East Haven against an unrelated local LLC, rather than a growth or commercial lending transaction.

Total: 7 — the early-stage AI operating companies qualified and detailed above.

• Done: funding search "Meadow AI" — SEC Form D accession 0002156007-26-000002, filed 2026-09-25
• Done: funding search "Converus AI" — SEC Form D accession 0002156771-26-000001, filed 2026-09-25
• Done: funding search "Change Agent AI" — SEC Form D accession 0002153752-26-000003, filed 2026-09-21
• Done: funding search "Ironsite AI" — SEC Form D accession 0001231919-26-001195, filed 2026-09-18
• Done: funding search "Opsmate" — SEC Form D accession 0002071232-26-000001, filed 2026-09-18
• Done: funding search "Perceptiq" — SEC Form D accession 0002156596-26-000001, filed 2026-09-22
• Done: funding search "DeepMorph.ai" — SEC Form D accession 0002154152-26-000001, filed 2026-09-09

Coverage: CO, CT. Read from the answer's own coverage field.

• Done: ucc search "Meadow AI" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "Converus AI" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "Change Agent AI" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "Ironsite AI" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "OpsMate AI" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "Perceptiq" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• Done: ucc search "DeepMorph" — searched CO, CT; 0 active filings found.
• To do: The other 48 states (including Delaware, where all seven issuers are incorporated) — no queryable public UCC register.

• Done: Secured party screening: All 7 qualified companies show 0 active UCC-1 debt liens in CO/CT. Delaware was not searched. One name-collision UCC-1 debtor ("BONAFIDE SOLUTIONS LLC") screened and excluded as a municipal tax lien from Town of East Haven.