Thira announced it raised $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona, with participation from FUSE and a group of global advisors and CIOs. The Bellevue, Washington-based company is building a secure, self-learning AI system of execution for enterprise back-office operations, initially focused on enterprise IT processes. Thira was founded by Apptio co-founders Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer, with a broader founding team including Mudit Goel, Grant Neuman, Tarek Madkour, and Shashwat Srivastav. Madrona Managing Director Matt McIlwain will join Thira’s board of directors, and FUSE’s Kellan Carter will join as a board observer. Thira’s platform combines self-learning agents, enterprise-grade security and governance, system connectivity, and an AI execution system powered by an enterprise knowledge graph. Ten enterprise organizations are currently helping shape Thira as design partners ahead of a broader launch planned for this fall. Thira said global IT spending exceeds $6.3 trillion annually, and its mission is to return $1 trillion of enterprise spending for reinvestment in innovation. The company will use the seed funding to expand its engineering team and deepen collaboration with design partners.