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May 7, 2026

A16z leads $16m seed round in Voi cofounder’s new AI startup Pit

Swedish startup Pit is helping organisations use AI safely for internal processes


Mimi Billing

2 min read

Pit team. Photo: Hugo Thambert.

Stockholm-based AI-native startup Pit has raised a $16m seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Lakestar and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Deel and Revolut, as well as the Stena and Lundin families.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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