India, Nov. 6 -- Agentic AI startup Giga has raised $61 Mn (nearly INR 510 Cr) in its Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from existing backers Y Combinator and Nexus Venture Partners.

The startup plans to utilise the fresh capital to expand its technical team, accelerate go-to-market (GTM) strategy and scale up enterprise deployments.

Founded in 2023 by IIT Kharagpur alumni Varun Vummadi and Esha Manideep, Giga initially helped enterprises secure on-premise deployment of large language models (LLMs). The startup later pivoted to offering AI-powered customer support agents that can understand human emotions and resolve queries autonomously, without human involvement.

The platform also offers tools for analytics,...