Perigon is a technology company.
Perigon has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round.
Perigon has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Perigon is an Austin, Texas-based technology company building a contextual intelligence platform that processes real-time public web data and news from over 130,000 sources, ingesting more than 20 million data points daily to deliver AI-driven insights on topics, people, companies, and global events.[2][4][5] It serves over 70 customers, including government agencies, AI startups, financial institutions, consumer product companies, and environmental organizations, solving the challenges of information overload, misinformation, and synthetic content by structuring data into actionable knowledge graphs and AI signals for better decision-making.[2][4][5] The platform powers applications like real-time trading insights, risk monitoring, and balanced news exploration, with recent $5 million funding underscoring its growth momentum.[2][4]
Perigon was founded in 2022 by serial entrepreneurs Joshua Dziabiak and Josh Rickel in Austin, Texas.[4][5] Dziabiak, who previously co-founded The Zebra (an insurance comparison platform) and has built five companies, started Perigon as a simple news app experiment to address the crisis of trust in an era of AI-generated content and information chaos.[2][5] The name "Perigon"—a mathematical term for a 360-degree view—reflects their goal of providing comprehensive awareness of unfolding events.[4] Early traction came quickly, evolving the app into a full contextual intelligence platform; by 2024, it secured $5 million from investors like LiveOak Venture Partners, attracted over 70 diverse customers, and integrated high-speed AI inference via partners like Groq.[2][4][5]
(Note: Search results mention other "Perigon" entities—a webcasting tool by WIN Technology in Wisconsin [1] and an engineering services firm [3]—but the primary, AI-focused company matches the query's tech context.)
Perigon rides the AI data intelligence wave, capitalizing on explosive growth in real-time public data amid rising misinformation from generative AI and fragmented news ecosystems.[2][5] Its timing is ideal post-2022, as enterprises demand trustworthy web-scale data to fuel LLMs, trading algos, and risk platforms—market forces like regulatory scrutiny on AI accuracy and the "contextual intelligence" shift amplify this.[2][4][5] By influencing how AI apps ingest and interpret web chaos, Perigon shapes the ecosystem, empowering sectors like finance (real-time economic signals) and government (security risks) while promoting diverse perspectives in journalism.[2][4][5][7]
Perigon is poised for rapid expansion, likely scaling to hundreds of customers and deeper AI integrations as data sovereignty and real-time trust become table stakes in enterprise AI.[2][5] Trends like multimodal data processing and edge inference will propel it, potentially attracting Series A+ rounds amid a $5M seed runway. Its influence could evolve from niche insights to foundational infrastructure, redefining how businesses navigate information overload—echoing its founding mission to deliver 360-degree clarity in an increasingly noisy world.[2][4][5]
Perigon has raised $5.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Perigon's investors include LiveOak Venture Partners, Sam Palmisano.
Perigon has raised $5.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Seed in February 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2024 | $5.0M Seed | LiveOak Venture Partners, Sam Palmisano |