Funding Alert|Plato Raises $16M Series A — Simulated Workplaces for Training AI Agents, Led by Nava Ventures
Plato raised a $16M Series A led by Nava Ventures, with Gradient Ventures, Transpose Platform, and Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman joining, bringing total funding to $19M. The signal: once an agent starts placing real orders, altering real records, and moving real money, nobody wants a model learning on the job in production — so the training environment itself becomes its own infrastructure layer.