Dili raises $15M Series A to automate infrastructure compliance
In brief
- Dili raised $15M Series A led by Khosla Ventures, following $6.7M seed round
- Platform automates federal compliance checks: wages, apprenticeships, safety, environmental rules
- AI software protected $1B+ in funding and tax credits across 700+ projects
- Co-founded by three ex-Coinbase employees including former executive Anand Chaturvedi
AI-Driven Compliance at Scale
Dili secured $15 million in Series A financing, following a $6.7 million seed round, bringing total capital raised to $21.7 million. The round included backing from Allianz, Rebel Fund, Darren Bechtel of Brick and Mortar Ventures, and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan.
Dili was co-founded by former Coinbase executive Anand Chaturvedi and two other Coinbase alumni. The team built the platform to solve a specific problem: investment firms managing infrastructure projects face a maze of overlapping federal regulations covering wages, apprenticeships, workplace safety, and environmental standards. Manual compliance review is slow, error-prone, and expensive.
The platform converts unstructured records—permits, contracts, invoices, emails—into structured data using large language models. Once normalized, the system applies deterministic compliance checks against federal rules. Dili's platform is supporting about 700 projects spanning data centers, manufacturing facilities and other infrastructure developments, and has protected over $1 billion in funding and tax credits.
Business Model and Market Outlook
The company currently serves both software customers and clients that outsource compliance work. Management expects the market to gradually shift toward self-service software deployments as adoption accelerates.
"Dili develops AI software that helps investment firms automate compliance, due diligence, and investment analysis across complex transactions."
The compliance automation space is growing. Regulatory penalties for infrastructure projects can reach millions of dollars. The company says the system reduces compliance risks that could otherwise result in multimillion-dollar penalties. That value proposition resonates with large institutional investors—hence the backing from Allianz, a global insurance and asset management firm, alongside venture capital.
