Vantora
Vantora (formerly UP.Labs), founded in 2022 in Santa Monica, CA, co-founds AI-native operating companies inside industrial enterprises — embedding founders, product and engineering teams to solve high-value operational problems, with the enterprise funding, acting as first customer and holding equity.
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Vantora (formerly UP.Labs), founded in 2022 in Santa Monica, CA, co-founds AI-native operating companies inside industrial enterprises — embedding founders, product and engineering teams to solve high-value operational problems, with the enterprise funding, acting as first customer and holding equity. Its COSMOS data-ontology product unifies operational data for AI workflows and agents. Partners include Porsche, Alaska Airlines, J.B. Hunt and Wabash; 17 companies built to date.
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Company· 3
Investor· 1
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2026-09-16New funding round$100M
Investors · Silversmith Capital PartnersSource · techcrunch.com ↗
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