Arrakis, an AI deployment company helping industrial companies install AI agents for mission-critical operations, has raised $30 million (£22m) in Series A funding.
The round was led by Blossom Capital, with participation from existing investor Accel, which also led the company’s $7.5m (£5.6m) seed round.
The round includes backing from prominent technology leaders, including Olivier Pomel, founder and chief executive of Datadog, Olivier Godement, OpenAI’s Head of business products and Junaid Hussein, founder of Cambridge Aerospace.
Founded in January 2026 by former Accel investor Rafael Quintanilla, together with co-founders Haroun Beltaifa, Romain Fouilland and Mikhail Galkov – alumni of Palantir, DeliveryHero, Revolut, Datadog and ASML – Arrakis helps industrial companies deploy AI into core operational workflows across aerospace, energy, logistics, manufacturing, construction and telecommunications markets.
Arrakis claims to combine AI engineers with a model-agnostic enterprise AI platform and applied AI research tuned to industrial operations, letting companies leverage their data to train, deploy and scale custom AI agents in weeks, not quarters.
Arrakis claims to operate to the strictest data and security standards: customer data and IP remain theirs, and the company never uses them for third-party model training. Rather than replacing existing technology stacks, Arrakis deploys AI agents into existing systems, improving operational throughput without multi-year migrations.
The company ties a significant proportion of its fees directly to customer outcomes, aligning its commercial model with the value delivered.
Within six months of launch, Arrakis has secured enterprise customers, including NYSE-listed enterprises across the energy, logistics, and industrial sectors. Arrakis customers are seeing measurable returns within weeks, including reducing procurement cycle times by 90% and real-time visibility into previously manual operational and financial processes.
“The West is under growing pressure to reindustrialise, but that renaissance won’t be powered by net new companies alone,” said CEO Quintanilla. “It requires equipping our industrial champions with the tools to harness their data, navigate the AI transition and compete on a global stage.
“That’s exactly why we founded Arrakis. Most AI investment to date has targeted the 30% of workers behind a desk. The real ROI lies in the 70% running industrial operations. We’re building from Europe for the world, with the ambition to build the Operating System our industrial champions need to win.”
Arrakis will use the funding to triple headcount, strengthen its platform and security capabilities and accelerate expansion across Europe, the United States and the Middle East.
The company currently operates from London and Paris.
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Ophelia Brown, managing partner, Blossom Capital, said: “Rafael and the Arrakis team have an exceptional combination of technical depth, operational expertise and commercial ambition.
“While many companies are focused on AI applications at the edge of the enterprise, Arrakis is tackling some of the most complex operational challenges facing large industrial organisations.
“Their early traction demonstrates both the scale of the opportunity and the demand for solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.”
Sonali De Rycker, partner, Accel, said: “Rafael’s vision of how AI will transform the physical economy and his deep understanding of the challenges industrial companies face means he and the team are building a transformative company.
“In a short period of time, they’ve built an impressive business, attracted world-class talent and secured significant customer demand. We’re excited to continue supporting Arrakis as it scales globally.”
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