· funding · Cohort 17

PupPilot raises $5M seed to bring AI to veterinary front offices

Inception is where I refined the pitch that closed our seed.

PupPilot's seed round closed in February 2026. The fundraising story that landed it was sharpened at Inception Studio's Cohort 17 retreat in Napa, March 2025 — four days of focused pitch refinement with the cohort and mentors.

This is the win page Inception's flywheel is built around: a real outcome, a real founder, the editorially honest connection back to the retreat where the pitch got refined.