Hatz AI raises $24M to help small businesses go AI-native through their MSPs

What happened

Hatz AI announced on November 12, 2026 that it had raised $24 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for managed service providers (MSPs) and recruit engineers.

UPDATED 08:00 EST / NOVEMBER 12 2026 AI Hatz AI raises $24M to help small businesses go AI-native through their MSPs by Mike Wheatley Large enterprises have emerged as the foremost adopters of artificial intelligence technology, and it’s giving them an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors. , which has just raised $24 million in early-stage funding to empower managed services providers with the tools they need to keep AI simple for the smaller fish.

The challenge is that most smaller firms don’t have the in-house experts, such as the programmers and data scientists, nor the large budgets required to integrate AI into their business operations properly.

Nadia Partners, Vestigo Ventures and The Private Shares Fund backed the round. Josh Schertzer, a Nadia Partners partner and former Blackstone chief technology officer, led the investment.

Looking to change that is a startup called Hatz AI Inc. Today’s Series A round was led by Nadia Partners and saw backing from Vestigo Ventures and The Private Shares Fund.

states, nine Canadian provinces and nine other countries. Co-founder and Chief Executive Jimmy Hatzell told SiliconANGLE that he sees small and medium-sized businesses as the lifeblood of the global economy, and he worries that they’re quickly being left behind by the AI revolution.