Ascerta

Turn your AI operating model into a repeatable engine, scaling what drives results across the enterprise.

Built for your AI Center of Excellence: see every person, process, and tool in your AI portfolio in one place.

Give every person in your enterprise a clear, guided path to higher AI proficiency that raises the floor across the whole business, continuously

Know the real state of your provisioned capacity. Convoy attributes GPU and hyperscaler usage by team, tracks utilization, and defends every commitment.

The economics of AI are uniquely volatile, shaped by dynamic usage patterns, evolving model architectures, and opaque pricing structures.

Ascerta perspectives on measuring AI value, agent economics, and proving generative AI ROI to boards, from financial services use cases to token costs.

As organizations move beyond experimentation with generative AI (GenAI), a new set of challenges emerges — ones that traditional software operating models aren’t built for.

Ascerta, formerly Pay-i, raised an $18.1M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital to help enterprises manage AI cost, adoption and value as they scale.

Ascerta, formerly Pay-i, raises an $18M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital to scale Enterprise AI Management: AI cost, adoption and business value.

Pay-i raised a $4.9M seed round to help enterprises measure the business value of generative AI, addressing concerns that companies are investing heavily without clear ROI visibility.

Most enterprises haven’t seen clear GenAI ROI yet; value emerges when use cases move from pilots to production and link model activity directly to business KPIs.

Microsoft veterans raised $4.9M for Pay-i, a startup focused on quantifying the business value of GenAI by linking model usage to financial impact and enterprise KPIs.

Meet the Ascerta team. Former Azure GenAI leaders helping enterprises measure what AI is worth, not just what it costs.

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Ascerta, formerly Pay-i, raises $18 million to connect AI costs and adoption with business value. The article examines what enterprise AI management means for companies.

Sep 2026 · Efficiently ConnectedNews article

Ascerta, formerly known as Pay-i, raises an $18 million Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital to help enterprises maximize AI ROI. The provided text does not specify the product, customers, or how the company will use the funding.

Sep 2026 · GlobeNewswireNews article

Pay-i launches with $4.9M to ease AI application cost tracking - SiliconANGLE

May 2025 · SiliconANGLENews article

Bellevue startup Pay-i emerges from stealth with $4.9 million in seed funding. Its intelligence platform measures returns on enterprise spending on generative AI.

May 2025 · 425Business.com/News article