Co-founder Sean King led engineering at Balderton/GC-backed Zego and SoftBank/EQT-backed Permutive, scaling the team through hypergrowth into unicorn status.

Columbia PhD co-founder Sven Sabas was Director of AI at Zego, where the two met. Also worked on data/ML @ Peppy and gained familiarity with startup pains as a venture scout. A self-described optimization obsessor at work and home, he moonlights as an “overly keen cyclist/triathlete.”

Dragonfly is optimizing SaaS spend, which currently totals hundreds of billions globally. They’re live in Alpha and using their undisclosed tier-1 investor backing to actively hire across data, engineering, and marketing.

They think the overwhelming number of AI tools is actually preventing companies from effectively using new technology. They’ve felt the pain as buyers themselves, and they need the extra time back to complete their New Year’s resolution of reading a full book every week.