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Enterprise AI analytics startup QueryStory emerges from stealth with $6 million in seed funding

Co-founded by former Google security engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh, the company aims to help businesses query complex databases with transparent AI models.

The short version

  • QueryStory launched publicly after raising $6 million in seed funding in late 2025 at a $60 million valuation.
  • The platform helps large enterprises query proprietary databases by surfacing underlying SQL code and confidence indicators to improve reliability.
  • The startup faces competition from general-purpose tools developed by frontier AI labs as it targets adoption by enterprise business leaders.

Key facts

  • QueryStory emerged from stealth after securing $6 million in late 2025 seed funding at a $60 million valuation.[TechCrunch]
  • The seed round was funded by Brightmind Ventures and New York Life Ventures.[TechCrunch]
  • The company was co-founded by CEO Shapor Naghibzadeh, CTO Stanley Yang, and CPO David Glusic.[TechCrunch]
  • The model-agnostic software displays automatically generated SQL queries and confidence metrics to aid human review of AI analytics.[TechCrunch]

What remains uncertain

  • It remains to be seen whether enterprise decision-makers will favor dedicated platforms over general-purpose internal tools offered by frontier AI labs.[TechCrunch]

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