Ellis

Ellis replaces Excel reporting with auditable, real-time portfolio data for private credit CFOs and COOs.

Ellis emerges from stealth. Founder and CEO Ryan Williams on why "institutional" should describe how well a firm operates, not how much it can afford to spend on infrastructure.

Ellis emerges from stealth with more than $10 million led by First Round Capital, building a reconciled, source-verifiable data foundation for private credit.

The role owns end-to-end features using an agent harness, scopes work with the Chief Product Officer, runs Claude Code agents, and creates behavioral tests that gate its deploys, with a goal of doubling Ellis's parallel feature throughput.

The company builds an AI-native operations platform for private credit funds.

Ellis's AI-native product engineering model includes practices, standards, and infrastructure for building products with Claude Code and agentic workflows; the role also owns a growing feature surface.

The role owns Ellis's data layer, including the mutation audit log, partner ETL throughput, and typed data contract used by the product team, as Ellis works toward SOC 2 Type II.

The page introduces the team building an AI-native operations platform for private credit funds.

Ellis connects and reconciles portfolio, fund, and investor data across existing systems, with traceable numbers in one view.

Ellis's page explains how it collects, uses, protects, and shares information when private credit funds and their teams use its platform.

Terms governing use of the Ellis private credit operations platform.

Ryan Williams’s Ellis AI emerges from stealth with $10 million in seed funding to build AI tools for private credit managers. Investors include First Round Capital, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Thrive Capital. The company connects firms’ existing software, accounting information, and documents, flags data discrepancies, and uses agents for tasks such as portfolio monitoring, reporting, and month-end fund-book closing, while keeping material decisions with human experts.

Jul 2026TechCrunchNews article

Ellis raises more than $10 million in seed funding led by First Round Capital. The company plans to unify private credit data and use AI agents for reconciliation and reporting.

Jul 2026Pulse 2.0News article

Ellis launches AI-powered private credit operations software after raising more than $10 million in seed funding.

Jul 2026Alternative Credit InvestorNews article

Ryan Williams’ Ellis is a New York-based fintech company tackling private credit’s data mess. Founded in June 2025, the company raises an $11 million seed round led by First Round at a $40 million valuation.

Jul 2026ForbesNews article