London-based Arrakis has raised roughly $38 million to scale its industrial AI deployment platform, cementing a $30 million Series A led by Blossom Capital and bringing total recent funding to about $37.5–38 million after a $7.5 million seed round last year backed by Accel. The startup says the new capital will be used to triple headcount, strengthen security and platform capacity, and accelerate expansion across the European Union, the United States and the Middle East. "Our vision at Arrakis is to empower industrial organizations with the tools to digitize their operations while giving them absolute control over their performance, cost, and security," CEO Rafael Quintanilla said. What Arrakis builds and who it serves Founded in January 2026 by Accel alumnus Rafael Quintanilla alongside co‑founders Haroun Beltaifa , Romain Fouilland and Mikhail Galkov , Arrakis focuses on injecting AI agents into mission‑critical operational workflows rather than replacing existing enterprise software. The platform supports multiple AI models and is designed to be model‑agnostic, enabling organisations in aerospace, manufacturing, logistics, energy, telco and construction to train and manage custom agents using their own data while retaining control over intellectual property and security. Lead investor: Blossom Capital ($30M Series A) Seed support: Accel ($7.5M seed) Other investors/participants: GFC, MainObject, Rerail, Datadog founder Olivier Pomel , Olivier Godement and Junaid Hussein Headquarters and offices: London and Paris; first U.S. customer already signed Early traction and measurable outcomes Arrakis reports rapid early enterprise adoption. Within six months of launch the company signed enterprise customers across Europe and the U.S., including several NYSE‑listed firms in the energy, logistics and industrial sectors. Customers have realised measurable operational gains: some organisations have reduced procurement cycle times by as much as 90%, while others have gained…