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Cardinal

Pre-Seed
trycardinal.ai/B2BCA, USA
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Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.

Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:03 PM

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What they do

Cardinal - Precision Outbound AI outbound platform with customer testimonials (Mintlify, etc.).

Funding

Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).

Quick read

  • •Cardinal - Precision Outbound AI outbound platform with customer testimonials (Mintlify, etc.).
  • •Reported angle: OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog
  • •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 4 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.

Stage

Seed (YC)

Evidence summary

Verified facts

  • •Cardinal - Precision Outbound AI outbound platform with customer testimonials (Mintlify, etc.).
  • •Reported angle: OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog
  • •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 4 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.

Recent movers

  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog
  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — The Cardinal Benchmark - Cardinal Blog
  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — OCR Showdown: Cardinal vs. the Rest - Cardinal Blog

+2 more in Recent movement below

  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog
  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — The Cardinal Benchmark - Cardinal Blog
  • •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — OCR Showdown: Cardinal vs. the Rest - Cardinal Blog
  • •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Cardinal | Y Combinator
  • •May 20, 2026 · trycardinal.ai — Cardinal Customers
  • •Y Combinator

Funding

Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).

Hiring

No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).

GitHub

No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).

Product / news

4 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).

Traffic / social

No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).

Funding & hiring signals

funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high

Cardinal | Y Combinator

Winter 2026 batch; AI platform for precision outbound used by 40+ YC companies.

Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
raisedpre-seed

Open roles (indexed)

No open roles indexed yet.

Failed or blocked links

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DealFlow growth score
47.0Moderate public activity signal
7D-25%
30D+0%
Needs Review

The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.

Source health

  • public_market_enrichmentok
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  • public_page:_companyok
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  • public_page:_archive_blog_under-the-hoodok
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  • public_page:_archive_blog_the-cardinal-benchmarkok
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  • public_page:_archive_blog_ocr-showdownok
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  • public_page:homeok
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  • public_page:customersok
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DealFlow score momentum

477D -2530D +0
100500
2026-05-20: 47

More runs will build history.

The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.

Signal breakdown

Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.

Public source summary

Total evidence rows
7
Latest evidence
Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM

Source types found

about_pageblogcompany_sitefunding_articlepress

Strongest / recent news-style rows

  • Cardinal | Y Combinator

    Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM · confidence 88%high quality

    https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trycardinal-ai

  • Cardinal Customers

    Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM · confidence 85%high quality

    https://trycardinal.ai/customers

  • Cardinal - The AI Platform for Precision Outbound

    About / company · Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM · confidence 90%high quality

    https://trycardinal.ai/company

Public signal timeline

Newest first · 7 event(s)

1
Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh quality

Cardinal Customers

Customer proof points for outbound platform.

Source ↗
2
Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality

Cardinal | Y Combinator

Winter 2026 batch; AI platform for precision outbound used by 40+ YC companies.

Source ↗
3
Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality

Cardinal - Precision Outbound

AI outbound platform with customer testimonials (Mintlify, etc.).

Source ↗
4
Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM · about_page · 90% · publichigh quality

Cardinal - The AI Platform for Precision Outbound

Source: About / company

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

Source ↗
5
Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality

OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog

Source: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

Source ↗
6
Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality

The Cardinal Benchmark - Cardinal Blog

Source: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

Source ↗
7
Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality

OCR Showdown: Cardinal vs. the Rest - Cardinal Blog

Source: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

Source ↗

Official / company site

1 row(s)

company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public

Cardinal - Precision Outbound

AI outbound platform with customer testimonials (Mintlify, etc.).

https://trycardinal.ai/

News

2 row(s)

press·Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public

Cardinal Customers

Customer proof points for outbound platform.

https://trycardinal.ai/customers
about_page·Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic

Cardinal - The AI Platform for Precision Outbound

Source name: About / company

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

https://trycardinal.ai/company

Funding / news

1 row(s)

funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:03 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public

Cardinal | Y Combinator

Winter 2026 batch; AI platform for precision outbound used by 40+ YC companies.

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trycardinal-ai

Blog

3 row(s)

blog·Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic

OCR Is Broken for Complex Documents - Here’s How We Fixed It - Cardinal Blog

Source name: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

https://trycardinal.ai/archive/blog/under-the-hood
blog·Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic

The Cardinal Benchmark - Cardinal Blog

Source name: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

https://trycardinal.ai/archive/blog/the-cardinal-benchmark
blog·Mon, May 11, 09:44 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic

OCR Showdown: Cardinal vs. the Rest - Cardinal Blog

Source name: Blog / news

We work with fast-growing teams who want outbound to function like a real engine—not a collection of disconnected tools and experiments

https://trycardinal.ai/archive/blog/ocr-showdown

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