Airlift Co-Founder’s AI Startup Metal Raises $4.5 Million

Pakistan based startup Metal, founded by Airlift co founder Usman Gul, has raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Speedrun and Y Combinator.

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• The funding round additionally attracted investment from Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Gaingels, Indus Valley Capital, Team Ignite Ventures and Phaze Ventures, among others, according to Gul.
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• Gul remarked Metal is on track to close fiscal year 2026 with multi million dollar annual revenue.
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• The latest funding follows a strategic investment from Rebel Fund confirmed in June.

Gul, who is additionally the founder and chief executive of Metal, unveiled the funding through a social media post. The firm operates an AI platform designed to assist startup founders manage fundraising and venture capital related workflows.

Metal describes its platform as an AI operating system that provides intelligence and automation for startups during funding rounds. The firm seeks to turn software founders initially employ to raise capital into infrastructure they continue using throughout the broader capital formation process. Bank Makramah Completes Rs. 12 Billion Sale Of Cullinan Tower.

Meanwhile, the funding round additionally attracted investment from Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Gaingels, Indus Valley Capital, Team Ignite Ventures and Phaze Ventures, among others, according to Gul.

Gul remarked Metal is on track to close fiscal year 2026 with multi million dollar annual revenue. The startup has additionally recorded six consecutive quarters of quarterly expansion ranging between 30 percent and 80 percent.

Metal has additionally published a thesis on the evolution of private capital markets, outlining its expectations for how the sector could develop in the coming years.

Notably, the latest funding follows a strategic investment from Rebel Fund confirmed in June. Rebel Fund focuses on startups from the Y Combinator ecosystem. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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