AI-detection tool Pangram closes additional $2.7m in seed funding, taking total to nearly $4m

Pangram, which claims to have the most accurate tool for detecting AI-generated text, has raised an additional $2.7 million in its seed round, taking the total to nearly $4 million.

Lead investors include ScOp, Script Capital, and Cadenza as well as a number of individuals.

Pangram plans to use the funding to continue developing partnerships with higher education institutions, which have been struggling to address misuse of AI among their students.

The New York-based company also plans to build on its existing customer base among business and media support organizations which use Pangram to establish the authenticity of news developments, product reviews and other written materials.

“Identifying AI text with confidence is increasingly essential across education, business, and the media, and we have the best technology to do that,” explains Max Spero Co-Founder and CEO at Pangram. “Our investors recognize the potency and accuracy of our technology and are standing with Pangram as we continue to gain customers and improve our value proposition.”

“This round was successful, in part, because our investors were impressed by the accuracy of the technology and excited about the market opportunity,” adds Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Bradley Emi.

The news follows shortly after Pangram released an upgraded version of its AI writing detection model. The update aims to enhance its ability to identify content generated by advanced language models, including those from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google’s Gemini.

Used across business and education sectors, Pangram’s tool analyzes text and categorizes it as human, AI-generated, or a combination of both. A new feature now highlights “mixed” texts, offering segment-level breakdowns and percentage estimates of human versus AI content.