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Assertion AI

AI productsSt. Louis, MOWebsite not yet verified

At a glance

Stage
Emerging
Industries
Cross-industry
AI-native
Yes
Headquarters
St. Louis HQ

What they do

Assertion AI uses LLM reasoning to automate how teams build predictive machine learning models, such as churn and fraud models, cutting build time from months to under an hour.

Leadership: Yao Shepherd, co-founder and CEO

Funding and ownership

  • Up to $100K Missouri Technology Corporation pre-seed
  • AI2 Incubator (Seattle) with $500K pre-seed
  • Below traction bar

Traction

Won Startup World Cup St. Louis regional, Aug 15, 2025