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Zest AI

Zest AI

Private
Burbank, CaliforniaFinTechhttp://www.zest.ai/

Last Round

Strategic

Nov 4, 2025

Est. Valuation

$1.5B

Total Funding Raised

$522M

Momentum

Top 10%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Zest AI is a financial software company that offers an AI-powered platform designed to improve credit underwriting for lenders.

Sector

FinTech

Verticals

Lending & Credit, Credit Scoring, Compliance & Risk, Vertical SaaS

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

AI lendingautomated underwritingcredit risk managementexplainable AIXAIlending intelligencecredit scoringfintech softwaremodel opsMLOpsloan approval softwarealgorithmic lendingvertical SaaSfraud detectionfair lendinggenerative lending

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Zest AI Comparables

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Zest AI comparables — related companies by embedding similarity
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Scienaptic AI
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GDS Link
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Zest AI Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
StrategicNov 4, 2025
Growth EquityDec 13, 2024
Growth EquityNov 2, 2022
StrategicJun 24, 2021
VC RoundOct 20, 2020
Strategic
Jul 18, 2016

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Mike de Vere

Chief Executive Officer

Executive Team

Sean Kamkar

Chief Technology Officer

Executive Team

Belinda Dong

CFO

Executive Team

Dan Chiazza

Chief Operating Officer

Executive Team

Zest AI Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Zest AI investors
InvestorRounds
MatrixSeries C, Series B
Truliant Federal Credit UnionStrategic
FlybridgeSeries B, Series C, Series A
IDG CapitalSeries A
Suncoast Credit UnionGrowth Equity
Kensington Capital VenturesSeries C
Citi VenturesStrategic

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  • Mar 31, 2026

    Company now holds over 50 issued and pending patents.

  • Mar 31, 2026

    Exceeded 600 active AI models deployed.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBurbank, California
Employee Range238
Year Founded2009
Last FundingNov 4, 2025

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