Deccan AI Secures $25M to Fuel Enterprise AI Training Data Ambitions

Deccan AI, an AI infrastructure startup, has secured a significant $25 million funding round to position itself as a key supplier of training data for enterprise-grade artificial intelligence models. The investment, led by A91 Partners with participation from Susquehanna and existing backer Prosus Ventures, signals strong investor confidence in the specialized data layer required to build and deploy robust AI systems for business applications.

The capital will be deployed to scale the startup's post-training data operations, invest in research and development, and build out enterprise-grade infrastructure. A core focus will be doubling down on data curation relevant for enterprise and robotics applications. Founded in 2023 by Rukesh Reddy, Deccan AI provides the critical post-training and production layers that help enterprise clients train, evaluate, and deploy AI models across major domains, including agentic systems, coding, functional streams, and robotics.

This funding round accelerates Deccan AI's efforts to build a comprehensive product suite for the enterprise AI lifecycle. Its portfolio currently includes three key offerings: STARK RL envs, which provides a reinforcement learning environment mirroring enterprise workflows and failure scenarios; Helix evals for model evaluation; and EnterpriseOS agents. The fresh capital pressures the startup to rapidly scale its data operations and infrastructure to meet the growing, complex demands of corporate AI adoption, a sector where high-quality, domain-specific training data is becoming a critical and competitive asset.