Why we exist
Enterprises will spend $6.31 trillion on IT in 2026, according to Gartner, and industry benchmarks put roughly 40% of IT spend on human labor. Much of that labor is people executing the same repetitive, multi-system work over and over. Demand grows every year, and budgets don't keep pace. The backlog never clears, and there's no capacity left to innovate.
IT leaders know AI should be the answer, and most have tried. What they have to show for it is a stack of pilots that never turned into capacity, because assistants answer questions about the work while people still do the work.
Thira exists to close that gap. We build AI agents that learn how an enterprise actually runs and do the work end to end, inside the rules the enterprise sets. Instead of copying today's processes, they find a better way to deliver each outcome, so every employee gets a faster, simpler experience. Our mission is to help IT organizations, from the Fortune 500 to fast-growing companies, become the team that transforms how the rest of the company works. Our founders have built and scaled successful software companies and categories, including Apptio and Highspot.
Investors and funding
- $21M seed round
- Led by Madrona
- With participation from FUSE
- Plus prominent global advisors and CIOs
Leadership

Bhrighu Sareen on LinkedIn
Co-Founder, CEO

Sunny Gupta on LinkedIn
Co-Founder, Executive Chair

Kurt Shintaffer on LinkedIn
Co-Founder, CFO

Shashwat Srivastav on LinkedIn
Engineering

Grant Neuman on LinkedIn
Co-Founder, Product/Engineering
Based in Bellevue, Washington.

