Aakash Bhatia, founder of Rubric

$18M Seed

Rubric

Rubric raises $18M Seed to clear public-sector backlogs with adjudicator agents

  • GovTech
  • Compliance
  • Public Sector AI

Rubric agents plan, execute, and pre-score licenses, benefits, and permit files against agency rubrics, keeping a human adjudicator in the loop — including a human in the loop for the human in the loop on high-stakes denials.

Aakash Bhatia · ex-Palantir

“One operator oversees what used to take a floor of contractors — the agent does the volume; the adjudicator owns the signature.”

— Founder

“Regulated buyers pay for systems that leave a trail when an agent recommends a denial.”

— Peter Wagner · Wing Venture Capital