Bridgetown Research is an AI decision science startup with $19 million in Series A funding led by LightSpeed and Accel, and with participation from major research universities.
Bridgetown Research has developed an AI agent that autonomously performs research. The most notable of these agents are voice bots trained to recruit and interview industry experts. At the same time, we collect key data that can be analyzed along with alternative data provided by our partners.
McKinsey & Co. The Bridgetown research was born from a simple observation, launched by Harsh Sahai, who previously led the machine learning team on Amazon before the major strategic engagement. The majority of business analytics is permutation of a small number of automated tasks. And the founding team of former experts from McKinsey, Bain, Amazon and major tech startups brings a wealth of experience across strategic consulting and technology.
While many AI solutions focus on finding and summarizing information using LLMS, actual business decisions require more than integrating open webs. They need their own data, such as primary data from experts and customer research, along with a framework for understanding the market. Furthermore, the output must be repeatedly auditable to use the business to make decisions on tens of millions of dollars. Bridgetown Research is the only player who uses agents to collect key data and systematically find patterns within it to generate original insights.
Bridgetown’s research began with a focus on the diligence of screening private equity transactions. Additionally, multiple top-tier PE and VC companies have already used Bridgetown research to screen trades and deeper commercial industrialism. They can screen the pipeline faster, with the initial analysis taking 24 hours rather than weeks without Bridgetown, allowing the team to focus on real decisions instead of research and analysis. For other customers, Bridgetown allowed customer conversations to cover hundreds of respondents in parallel within days.
As the global market is becoming more and more complex, there is a growing demand for efficient and effective decision-making tools. With this funding round, Bridgetown research plans to invest more in AI agents training to deepen industry partnerships to perform broader analyses in broader domains and enhance access to domain-specific intelligence.
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“We look forward to being a catalyst for change. We work with multiple private equity companies, management consulting companies and corporate teams to help us make strategic decisions better and faster. This raises the demand for downstream advisory and information services. We enable over $10 per dollar in advisory and information services revenue. Together with the leading institutions, we are building something bigger than ourselves. This is an ecosystem where everyone thrives.”
Harsh Sahai, CEO and Founder of Bridgetown Research
“AI has caused widespread disruption across many corporate functions, and Bridgetown’s research is riding that wave by helping executives make key strategic decisions. We are delighted that Bridgetown serves several marquee customers. Users liken its platform to having a team of top-tier consultants at their fingertips. We are excited to partner with Harsh. Harsh is a management consultant who has become a research scientist for AI, blending the unique combination of skills and insights needed to imagine this category of AI in this whole new category.”
Accel Investor Anagh Prasad
“Companies are built on the quality of their strategic decisions and the research and analysis behind them. Bridgetown Research allows the smartest executives and investors to make these decisions at a more and more information and at a previous pace. Harsh and Bridgetown are already creating immense value for their customers, but they are still scratching the surface of leverage that AI can create.”
Ishaan Preet Singh, LightSpeed Investor
