Gushwork bags seed funding led by Susquehanna

26 Feb 2026, 09:52 PM

The funding round saw participation from Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital and 2.2 Capital.

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AI marketing agent startup Gushwork has secured $9 million in a seed funding round led by Susquehanna International Group (SIG).


The funding round saw participation from Lightspeed, B Capital, Seaborne Capital, Beenext, Sparrow Capital and 2.2 Capital.

The startup will make use of the fresh capital to speed up product development, improve accuracy of their AI models, hire engineering personnel, and further go-to-market strategies.

Gushwork, which was founded by Nayrhit Bhattacharya and Adithya Venkatesh in 2023, makes use of AI agents and writing experts to auto generate and update content optimized for search.

Their integrated content management system helps businesses optimise content for both traditional and AI-powered search results without relying on large in-house marketing teams.

The startup is headquartered in Delaware and has an office in Bengaluru. It had raised $ 2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Lightspeed in July 2023.

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