product update
Nace.AI releases Drex for Search
Nace.AI released Drex for Search for agents with CLI, SDK, MCP and REST access; benchmark improvements are company-reported.
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Released Drex for Search on October 26, 2026 as a generally available agent search tool through CLI, SDKs, MCP and REST.
Focus: Small decision models and document intelligence for enterprise agents and professional workflows
Latest funding
$21.5M
Seed · source-backed
Tracked funding
$21.5M
Sum of itemized funding events
Latest valuation
Not tracked
No source-backed record
Latest revenue
Not tracked
Growth lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
model release
Nace.AI releases Drex Max
Nace.AI made Drex Max generally available through its API as a decision model for text, images and video inputs.
External coverage of Nace.AI
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Last checked Nov 2, 2026.
No eligible recent coverage found. Verified updates and profile sources remain available above and below.
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
Records
1
Sum of recorded funding
$21.5M
Coverage
partial
Partial history: earlier or intervening rounds may be missing. The sum covers only the announcements recorded here, not lifetime funding. Announced commitments may be paid over time; this is not a cash balance. Dates show announcements or first public reports, which can follow the investment itself.
One funding announcement recorded. More dated rounds are needed to show funding over time.
#1
Seed · $21.5M
Running tracked total: $21.5M
#1
Seed · $21.5M
Running tracked total: $21.5M
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Seed · $21.5M
Company-announced seed round led by Walden Catalyst; not cumulative funding.
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
Drex MaxDrex 2.0Drex 1.5Drex for Search
Products
Drex APINace Document IntelligenceNace for business
Open weights
Yes
API access
Yes
Review target
Weekly
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Growth: Public access & scaling
Focus
Small decision models and document intelligence for enterprise agents and professional workflows
Signals
Small modelsStructured outputsEnterprise AIOpen weightsAPI platform
Taxonomy
Open Weight LabsMedia ModelsDecision modelsDocument AIEnterprise agentsDeveloper tools
Competitive context
TypeSafe AIUpstage
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Nace.AI sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
4 tracked model families
02
Access layer
Managed API + self-hostable weights
03
Market layer
Vertical + Enterprise
Public product surface
Drex APINace Document IntelligenceNace for business
Stack signals
Decision modelsDocument AIEnterprise agentsDeveloper toolsSmall modelsStructured outputsEnterprise AIOpen weights
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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