Tana’s Bold Leap into the Future of Work with $25M in Funding

Tana has thrown down the gauntlet for conventional productivity tools, unveiling an AI-native workspace that promises to revolutionize how teams collaborate.
The company recently secured a $14 million Series A round led by Tola Capital—with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone, Alliance VC, and firstminute capital joining the fray—to bring its total funding to $25 million.
Aimed squarely at reinventing the interplay between humans, teams, and computers, Tana is set to transform everyday work through its innovative AI agents and voice-powered workflows.
The platform’s debut follows a stealth phase that built an impressive waitlist of over 160,000 users, including a remarkable presence in more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies. With over 30,000 testers and a bustling Slack community of more than 24,000 "Tanarians," Tana is clearly resonating with those eager for a smarter, more intuitive approach to knowledge management.
“This team's obsession with transforming productivity for our AI-native world sets them apart. They deeply understand that the future of work will be dynamic and personalized, and their voice-first product represents a bold vision for reshaping how teams collaborate globally,” said Sheila Gulati, founder and managing director of Tola Capital.
At its core, Tana’s solution merges three groundbreaking technologies. The platform leverages a knowledge graph that mimics human thought patterns, proactively surfaces and connects information through multiple feeds, and introduces the game-changing Supertag—a feature that transforms unstructured data into actionable intelligence in seconds.
Founders Tarjei Vassbotn, Olav Kriken, and Grim Iversen have combined their deep expertise in product development, AI, and productivity systems to tackle the outdated world of docs, spreadsheets, and emails. “The computer was supposed to be the bicycle for the mind.
Instead, we got a hamster wheel resulting in loads of work about work,” Vassbotn remarked, underlining the necessity for a shift in how knowledge work is approached.
Early backers such as Lars Rasmussen, founder of Google Maps and former Google Wave CEO, along with industry luminaries like Arash Ferdowsi, Siqi Chen, Olivier Pomel, and Holly Branson, are lending their support to Tana’s ambitious vision.
Nnamdi Iregbulem of Lightspeed Venture Partners added his enthusiasm:
“I've loved being an early adopter of Tana and I'm a believer in the team's incredible vision to revolutionize knowledge work for high-speed organizations. They've built one of the most impressive AI agents I've ever seen and infused it into every part of the product.”
The sentiment is echoed by Andre Foeken, CTO at Nedap, who sees Tana as the tool that prepares organizations for the relentless pace of change and collaboration demanded by an AI-driven future.
With its unconventional blend of AI and voice-first workflows, Tana is challenging the status quo and carving out a new path in productivity.
The company’s journey is just beginning, and its innovative approach hints at a seismic shift in how work gets done.