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•Jesse Landry

Profitmind Raises $9M in Series A Funding for Retail Decision Intelligence Platform

Retail is a game of inches. 1 price change. 1 inventory bet. 1 promotion pushed too early and suddenly the margin is gasping for air like it just ran wind sprints in dress shoes

Funding Details

Amount

$9M

Round

Series A

Retail is a game of inches. 1 price change. 1 inventory bet. 1 promotion pushed too early and suddenly the margin is gasping for air like it just ran wind sprints in dress shoes. Most teams are drowning in dashboards, arguing over spreadsheets that look smart but move slow. And slow in retail is expensive.

On Feb 24, 2026, Profitmind announced a $9M Series A led by Accenture Ventures, with Thorndale Farm, Inc. stepping in and Magarac Venture Partners, AI Fund, and Lightscape Partners doubling down. That is not loose capital. That is conviction capital. The kind that shows up when the signal is strong and the noise is fading.

Dr. Mark Chrystal, Co Founder and CEO, built this with operator scar tissue. Decades inside retail across IT, supply chain, ecommerce, marketing, loyalty, planning, inventory, FP&A. The man has lived the meetings where everyone nods and no one knows which lever actually moves profit. So Profitmind does something radical. It minds the profit. Not the vanity metrics. Not the PowerPoint theater. Profit.

As an agentic AI decision intelligence platform, Profitmind connects pricing, promotions, assortment, inventory, marketing. It identifies opportunities, quantifies financial impact, then ranks recommended actions. Not theory. Not vibes. Ranked moves tied to dollars. The kind you can execute inside existing systems without ripping out your tech stack like a kitchen remodel gone wrong.

Dr. Andrew Ng, Chairman and Co Founder, brings the AI gravitas through AI Fund. When the Chairman is also one of the most respected voices in applied AI, the subtext writes itself. This is not experimentation for sport. This is production grade intelligence embedded in core retail workflows. Accenture extends the reach into enterprise transformation. Microsoft distribution through Azure and the commercial marketplace tightens the loop. Strategy meets scale.

Board member Mario Ciampi, former President of Disney Store and former COO of The Children’s Place, understands store level reality. The math has to work on a Tuesday afternoon, not just in a keynote.

The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. No hype factory zip code. Just focus. The funding will scale the platform globally, expand product capabilities, and grow the team. Measured. Intentional. No theatrics.

Retailers do not need another tool that tells them what already happened. They need intelligence that tells them what to do next, why it matters, and how much it is worth. Profitmind turns data into direction. Direction into action. Action into margin.

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