Structured AI, founded by Oxford University graduates Raymond Zhao, Brandon Abreu Smith, and Isabel Greenslade have successfully raised £375,000 in pre-seed funding within just one week from leading investors such as Zero Prime Ventures, Airtree Ventures, and Oxford Seed Fund.
The startup is developing AI agents to automate repetitive workflows in design engineering, a critical bottleneck costing senior engineers up to 30% of their time. This inefficiency significantly impacts the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, which represents over 5% of the US GDP.
This Oxford team of former AI researchers, quants, and investment bankers have already rolled out a product at a top-150 US design engineering firm, and brings a track record of success and deep AI research expertise.
AI and multimodality are unlocking massive opportunities across vertical-specific industries. We believe the next generation of software will be deeply verticalised, transforming domain-specific workflows to drive efficiency, intelligence, and better decision-making. When we met Raymond, Isabel and Brandon we were impressed by the energy and speed of execution they bring to the table. We’re proud to support Structured as they build the future of domain-native AI software.
Yang Tran, Partner at Zero Prime Ventures
The only true differentiation in startups is urgency - and I've not met many teams who have as much urgency as Raymond, Isabel and Brandon. Impressed with what they've already built and excited to see what else is coming.
James Cameron, Partner at Airtree Ventures
The future increasingly demands smarter, more sustainable infrastructure and the engineers who design our cities and infrastructure are some of the most critical problem solvers we have. Yet, even with a severe global engineering talent shortage, firms are sinking over a third of their expert hours into manual, repetitive work. Our mission at Structured AI is to give engineers back their most valuable asset: time, freeing them up to design the infrastructure of tomorrow.
Raymond Zhao, Co-founder & CEO
