MediaFebruary 11, 2025 · 2 min read

Tech startup Minikai secures $2.5m in seed funding amid strong take-up by NDIS service providers

Business News Australia reports on the seed round led by Tidal Ventures, and why the founders left corporate AI careers to take on care sector admin.

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Business News Australia reports on Minikai's $2.5 million seed round, led by Tidal Ventures and supported by Antler, after a year of gaining traction among some of the country's largest care providers. The round is aimed at removing the administrative barriers and inefficiencies that cost providers and government billions each year.

“Our goal at Minikai is to make AI useful so that every Australian can access better care and thrive,” Keoki Alexander-Chang told the publication. “Waiting on hold, filling in forms, processing applications, getting approval; it's the busy work nobody wants to do. We're going to get AI to do this work instead.”

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We recognise them as the original innovators, whose knowledge systems and ways of caring for people and Country have endured for thousands of generations. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including those we support and work alongside across the disability and aged care communities we serve.