Enterprise software veterans Lexi Reese (former COO of Gusto, Google executive) and Dr. Stephen Herrod (former VMware CTO, Juxtapose partner) have launched Lanai with $10 million in seed funding to transform how enterprises navigate AI adoption. The company also announced infrastructure pioneer Rajesh Raman (Google, Meta, Splunk) as Chief Technology Officer.

Lanai's financing was led by Juxtapose, with participation from Lux Capital, F7 Ventures, and BAG (Black Angel Group's venture arm). The company is backed by an advisory board including Yvonne Wassenaar (board member at Rubrik and Arista Networks, former CEO of Puppet, former CIO of New Relic), Raghu Raghuram (former CEO, VMware), Fredrick Lee "Flee" (CISO, Reddit), and Paul Sagan (former CEO, Akamai).

Lanai is the enterprise AI Navigation System that guides organizations from scattered experiments to systematic success. Our AI Empowerment platform helps leaders understand how teams use AI, protect valuable information, and scale what works best. Built by enterprise leaders from Google, Meta, VMware, and Splunk, Lanai helps enterprises achieve extraordinary results with AI.