Oslo-based Riff, the vibe coding platform designed for enterprise-grade functions, has raised €14 million in a Sequence A funding spherical led by Northzone, with participation from Skyfall Ventures, Maki.vc, Sondo Capital, World Founders Capital and new investor Illusian, led by Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen. The spherical brings Riff’s complete funding to €18.4 million.

Based in 2021, Riff (previously referred to as Databutton) helps non-technical professionals construct data-heavy, production-ready functions with out writing code. Whereas AI-powered instruments have proliferated lately, an MIT examine discovered that 95% of AI initiatives nonetheless fail to achieve manufacturing. Most vibe coding instruments assist experimentation however battle with the complexity and scalability required for actual enterprise deployment. Riff is addressing this by combining intuitive design with sturdy infrastructure, enabling customers from small enterprise house owners to enterprise operators to create practical AI functions with templates, knowledgeable steerage and pre-built playbooks.

The corporate’s newest model has already attracted greater than 150,000 customers. Organisations resembling Twilio and Cognite use Riff to optimise inside operations throughout sectors, together with manufacturing, monetary companies, logistics, healthcare and client items.

To additional improve its providing, Riff is introducing new options aimed toward serving to companies launch AI functions, brokers and automations extra effectively. These embody:

• Absolutely customized automations constructed by AI brokers, able to dealing with duties resembling information synchronisation, alerts and multimedia workflows.
• Native integrations with core SaaS instruments like HubSpot, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Mixpanel, Stripe and Notion.
• Background brokers that allow customers to make bigger adjustments, work immediately from their telephones and obtain real-time updates.
• Area whitelisting for app authentication improves the safety of inside functions.

“It’s actually inspiring to see what persons are reaching with Riff,” mentioned Trygve Karper, CEO and Co-founder of Riff. “Many come to us after weeks caught in limbo after having been promised the moon on hyped merchandise. Having created modular constructing blocks that drive instant worth, our builders style success out of the gate. This Sequence A funding is extremely thrilling as a result of it lets us scale that affect to 1000’s extra doers in the actual world.”

Michiel Kotting, Associate at Northzone, added, “Vibe coding is ushering in a transformational shift in software program improvement, the place anybody can create, launch, and keep functions with out having to have the ability to code. What makes Riff particular in our thoughts is the relentless give attention to offering doers with the power to construct tooling that works in manufacturing. We’re excited to be becoming a member of Trygve, Martin, and Viral on their journey to create the final mile of transmitting the unbelievable energy of AI to actual enterprise affect for on a regular basis customers.”

Riff (useriff.ai) permits groups to create inside apps that drive measurable enterprise outcomes, not prototypes. Customers can begin with ready-to-go templates, combine with present instruments and iterate to develop tailor-made AI-driven functions and automations with out counting on massive IT groups.