ConductorAI Corporation, a dual-use software innovator specializing in AI-powered approvals, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Lux Capital with additional participation from Altman Capital, Haystack Ventures, Sunflower Capital, Humba Ventures, Also Capital, Forward Deployed VC, and Abstract. This funding marks one of the largest Series A raises for an advanced technology firm based in Maine.
Government agencies face growing challenges due to complex approval processes, outdated systems, and overwhelming volumes of policy documentation. ConductorAI addresses these issues by streamlining bureaucratic workflows and accelerating decision-making. Instead of relying on manual searches and paper-heavy procedures, ConductorAI’s platform automated document review and policy application — significantly cutting down review times and increasing operational efficiency across federal entities.
The company’s core platform, Conduit, ingests policy documents, prior approvals, and heuristics to drive automated workflows in high-security environments including the Department of Defense, U.S. Government agencies, and the Intelligence Community. Through the use of AI-enabled agents, the platform transforms static policy into actionable insights — serving as both research assistant and expert reviewer. Conduit is model-independent, data-agnostic, and deployable across a variety of customer environments, including classified settings.
By leveraging LLMs and deep defense sector expertise, ConductorAI delivers critical solutions that bridge the divide between cutting-edge AI and mission-focused government operations. “The government is drowning in bureaucracy,” said Co-Founder and CEO, Zach Long. “Our platform can help government employees tackle various approval challenges by identifying the people, policies, and prior approvals they need to get things done. Our mission is to both make the government more efficient and to make it easier for companies to get what they need from the government to be successful.”
Lan Jiang, Investor at Lux Capital, added, “Unlike most defense companies focused on hardware, ConductorAI operates upstream where the real bottleneck exists — the document and compliance workflows that gridlock critical government processes.”