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Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Yazi is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from Africa. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 74% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

SA AI research startup Yazi raises funding round valuing it at $1.8m 0 By Tom Jackson on March 19, 2026 News , Southern Africa South African AI research startup Yazi has raised its first institutional funding round at a pre-money valuation of ZAR30 million (US$1.8 million). Yazi allows organisations to run surveys, interviews and research studies through WhatsApp, using AI to conduct conversations with participants and analyse responses.

SA AI research startup Yazi raises funding round valuing it at $1.8m 0 By Tom Jackson on March 19, 2026 News , Southern Africa South African AI research startup Yazi has raised its first institutional funding round at a pre-money valuation of ZAR30 million (US$1.8 million). Yazi allows organisations to run surveys, interviews and research studies through WhatsApp, using AI to conduct conversations with participants and analyse responses.

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Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Seed — a $1.0M–$4.0M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Raised more than 74% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 70% of peers (estimate).

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #53 of 69.

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

1. Seed$1.8M2026-03-19
   • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
   • 1 investor on this round.

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Yazi is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

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