Adapter
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Founders
About
Adapter is an Austin, Texas-based AI infrastructure startup founded by Adam Ghetti (CEO) and David Bader (a computer science professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, formerly of Georgia Tech) 1. After three-and-a-half years in stealth, the company launched publicly in July 2026 with what it calls “Cognition as a Service” — an infrastructure layer designed to give people and enterprises control over how their personal and work data is used by AI agents and applications 1. The company has 17 employees at launch 1.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | Seed | $17.8M | GV | Bond Partners, Hillspire, Byers Capital, Kevin Mahaffey, Shana Fischer, Paul Judge, Zach Sims, Ted Schlein 12 |
What Investors Say
No independently sourced investor commentary found at time of announcement.
What Founders Say
“Ten years from now, could I sleep well knowing I could have helped and didn’t? I couldn’t.”
— Adam Ghetti, Founder & CEO, Adapter 1
“Our entire mission is built around trust, transparency and sovereignty.”
— Adam Ghetti, Founder & CEO, Adapter 1
Sources
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Alex Konrad, “Exclusive: Startup Adapter Launches With $17.8M To Bring New ‘Cognition’ To AI Tools,” Upstarts Media, July 14, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/deep-dive-adapter-launches-ai-cognition↩↩↩↩↩↩
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Axios Pro Rata deal listings, July 16, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata↩