Costanoa and Acrew Capital back the founding team's bold vision for the future of enterprise analytics
Definite, a full-stack AI-native data platform, today announced a $10 million seed round led by Costanoa, with participation from Acrew Capital and strategic angels. The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market hiring as Definite scales adoption among enterprises.
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Most companies juggle a costly mix of tools: a warehouse like Snowflake, an ETL service like Fivetran, and a business intelligence platform like Looker. Definite replaces that stack with an AI-native platform that combines a secure data lake, pipelines, and dashboards. Enterprises can connect their tools and get answers in minutes. It's 10× faster and 10× cheaper than stitching together traditional products that demand a full data team.
“Teams shouldn't need six months, a half-million-dollar budget, and a team of engineers to get answers about their business,” said Mike Ritchie, CEO and founder of Definite. “We built Definite to make analytics radically simpler. With open-source under the hood and AI powering every interaction, we're giving teams inquiry without the (SQL) queries.”
Definite is SOC 2 Type II compliant and built on petabyte-scale, open-source data infrastructure, offering secure, fast, and cost-efficient analytics without vendor lock-in. Early adopters like Perfect and Meet Alfred are using Definite to simplify analytics and make smarter, faster decisions. “We went from zero to data lake in a couple hours and had a high-performance API running minutes later,” said George Papadopoulos, CEO of Meet Alfred.
“Time and time again, we see startups pour millions into a modern data stack-only to end up with something that still requires a full data engineering team to get answers,” said John Cowgill, Partner at Costanoa. “Definite is the answer to that pain: a powerful yet elegant solution that gives business users fast, flexible, and accurate insights without the bottlenecks. It's exactly what modern teams demand-a powerful data platform that makes ad hoc analytics self-serve and fast without sacrificing trust or depth.”
Definite is hiring across engineering and GTM, with a focus on enterprise sales. We are remote-first, high‑autonomy, and on a mission to make powerful data infrastructure accessible to the operators building the future.
To learn more or start using Definite, visitwww.definite.app.
About DefiniteFounded in 2023, Definite is the AI-native data stack for modern teams. The platform combines a data lake, ETL (extract, transform, load), and business intelligence into a single, AI-powered solution that delivers insights in minutes. Built on open-source technologies like DuckDB and Apache Iceberg, Definite is fast, secure, and scalable.
About CostanoaCostanoa exists to elevate founders building companies of consequence. We lead investments from formation through Series A in Applied AI, AI Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, National Security, and Fintech. With $2.3B AUM, we're boutique by design-making fewer investments to deliver deeper expertise and operational support when it matters most: the early, defining stages of growth. For more information, please visit www.costanoa.vc.
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