A former engineer at listed American software giant Palantir has raised £37 million for his startup SolveAI.
Founded in July 2025 by Steve Basher, it claims to allow any employee to build fully-compliant enterprise software without touching a line of code.
At Palantir, Basher saw firsthand how custom-built software could provide the answer to companies’ most serious pain points. While AI holds the key to solving these issues at scale, existing code-generation platforms do not sufficiently account for each enterprise’s unique context, producing apps that are rarely fit to move beyond the prototype stage.
Basher founded SolveAI to help employees build production-ready solutions, underpinned by their organisations’ specific context.
Through natural language, staff from any department can generate proposals, designs, and fully functional applications that integrate with existing IT infrastructure and conform to security and compliance requirements – all with the aim of democratising problem-solving throughout the enterprise.
The $45m Series A round was led by GV while a previously unannounced $5m pre-seed round was led by Accel.
Northzone, Mantis VC and NeverLift also participated in the round, along with angel investors including Mike LoSapio, CISO of Palantir, Pushmeet Kohli and Olivier Godement.
The funding will be used to grow the SolveAI team, develop partnerships with global enterprises, and extend the platform’s capabilities.
Companies in sectors including manufacturing, retail and financial services are already exploring how SolveAI can solve critical problems and accelerate existing internal development efforts within complex technical landscapes.
At seven months old, SolveAI has grown to 12 employees, including senior experience from Palantir, ElevenLabs and Meta, with plans to quadruple headcount over the course of 2026.
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“Magic happens when companies get the exact technology they need,” said Basher. “Enterprises are desperate to capitalise on the AI coding revolution, but nobody has built a product that reflects their reality – complex systems, strict standards, and global scale.
“SolveAI puts the power to build software directly in the hands of the people closest to the problems, without compromising security or compliance.
“Think about all the things you could achieve if your IT team could be everywhere at once: SolveAI makes this a reality.”
Tom Hulme, managing partner and head of Europe at GV, said: “Most AI coding tools force enterprises to choose between speed and security. SolveAI doesn’t. Steve and the team are building something genuinely different.
“They will unlock the ability for companies to move fast with AI while working within the constraints that matter: real security, real compliance, real infrastructure. We’re excited to back them as they put software-building capability directly in the hands of people closest to the problems.”