Proactive AI that finds commitments made in Gmail, does the work behind them and asks for approval
Sol, from Sol Foundry Inc., is a proactive AI assistant that scans a user's Gmail for commitments such as "I'll send the deck" or "I'll set up time". It then does the work those promises call for (research, documents, slides, meeting scheduling, reply drafts) and returns it for the user to approve; nothing is sent, scheduled or shared without that approval. It runs in its own computer environment with a browser and a library of more than 100 specialist skills, starting on Google Workspace, with Outlook in testing, and says customer data is not used to train models. It targets people whose work runs through email: founders, executives, and sales, marketing, consulting, recruiting and agency professionals. San Francisco-based and founded in August 2025 by former CRED executives Anish Karan (CEO, a second-time founder), Prateek Srivastava and Ranjith Nair, it came out of stealth in September 2026 with a $4M seed led by General Catalyst and Nexus Venture Partners, with DeVC, Peercheque and Kunal Shah. The money goes to R&D and go-to-market. Inc42 reports the product is pre-revenue and available through selective access and a waitlist at hellosol.app.
Business/Productivity Software📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2025
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Sol (Sol Foundry) going public?
No. Sol (Sol Foundry) is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Sol (Sol Foundry)'s valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Sol (Sol Foundry). The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Sol (Sol Foundry) filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Sol (Sol Foundry).
Who are Sol (Sol Foundry)'s investors?
Sol (Sol Foundry)'s investors include General Catalyst, Nexus Venture Partners, DeVC, Peercheque, Kunal Shah.
How much has Sol (Sol Foundry) raised?
Sol (Sol Foundry) has raised $4M in total across 1 disclosed round, most recently a Seed of $4M in Sep 2026.
Is Sol (Sol Foundry) publicly traded — can you buy Sol (Sol Foundry) stock?
No. Sol (Sol Foundry) is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Sol (Sol Foundry) on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Anish Karan
Founded
2025
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Total Raised
$4M
Growth
Pre-revenue; waitlist / selective access at launch (Inc42, Sept 2026)
No verified Hugging Face organization found for Sol (Sol Foundry) — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-11-04. Re-checked weekly.
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-90% vs 2026-09
Open roles
4
via ashby
Product-build share
50%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
product-led hiring — 50% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Full Stack EngineerField HR Product ArchitectLead RecruiterProduct Marketing Manager
Counted from Sol (Sol Foundry)'s live job board as of 2026-10-27; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Anish KaranPrateek SrivastavaRanjith Nair
Investors
General Catalyst · Nexus Venture Partners · DeVC · Peercheque · Kunal Shah
Products
Sol (Gmail/Google Workspace proactive assistant)
AIAI AgentsProductivityEmailStealth Exit
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.