Today, Stuut Technologies, the first AI platform to automate accounts receivable work end-to-end, announced a $29.5 million Series A raise led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional backing from Activant Capital, Khosla Ventures, 1984.vc, Page One Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and Valley Ventures. The investment will expand Stuut’s capabilities for mid-market and enterprise businesses, accelerating the rollout of six key revenue functions: collections, payments, cash application, deductions, credits, and disputes.
Retail Headwinds Created a Perfect Storm
Retailers know the pain of chasing customers, logging into payment portals, and manually matching payments, which can cost up to 5% of EBITDA every year. For brands and sellers managing large customer lists, complex volumes, and fast inventory turns, the inefficiencies add up quickly. Even with years of digital transformation, most AR solutions still leave humans doing the heavy lifting, acting as little more than glorified workarounds.
AI That Works For Retailers—Not Just With Them
Stuut calls itself “the AI coworker that knows every customer across your entire cash process, helping businesses collect 40% more revenue on time.” Unlike legacy receivables software requiring months to launch and non-stop human input, Stuut’s platform executes full AR workflows solo, integrating cleanly with leading ERPs in less than a week.
“The technology to actually automate this work didn’t exist 18 months ago when we started Stuut,” said Tarek Alaruri, CEO and co-founder. “We can now handle exceptions and complexity, learn from each interaction, work across disconnected systems, and execute tasks end-to-end. Previous solutions help humans click buttons faster. We eliminate the clicking entirely and are helping brands collect millions more in previously lost revenue.”
What Retailers Get With Stuut
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Actually Does the Work: Stuut’s AI autonomously manages customer outreach, payment matching, dispute resolution, and even portal logins—and learns each customer’s habits across every channel, from SMS to voice to email.
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Knows Each Customer: Context follows every sales interaction, letting Stuut recognize patterns, resolve credits/disputes, and get smarter with every transaction.
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Fast, Zero-Disruption Launch: Retailers can implement Stuut in days (not months), with immediate results that continue compounding as the AI learns their unique business profile.
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Proven Results: Early adopters like ZoomInfo, Bishop Lifting, Honeywell, and PerkinElmer cut overdue balances by 40% and manual AR tasks by 70%, going live and collecting cash in just 3-4 days.
Impact on Revenue and Service
“Stuut is transforming our accounts receivable operations on a daily basis. We’re collecting faster from the in-scope customers, our cash flow is improving, and our team has more time to focus on white glove service for top customers,” said Razvan Bratu, Head of Quote to Cash at Honeywell. “The platform handles the routine work so our people drive increased real business value.”
The Investor Perspective: Digital Labor Becomes a Retail Growth Engine
“Accounts receivable is one of the finance functions still dominated by manual work. Stuut changes that by replacing repetitive AR tasks with software that actually does the work – and does it better,” said Seema Amble, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. “Their collections wedge has already delivered clear ROI, and the opportunity to capture large ACVs as enterprises shift labor spend into software is enormous. We’re thrilled to partner with Tarek and Ben as they set a new standard for managing cash flow.”
Steve Sarracino, Founder & Partner at Activant Capital, emphasizes the shift:
“We backed Stuut because they’re redefining AR as an autonomous system of intelligence that learns, executes, and compounds value over time. This is an exciting move from tool-centric software to results-centric operations.”
Takeaway for Retailers
For retailers, especially those managing hundreds or thousands of B2B and D2C customers, Stuut’s AI offers a new, scalable way to turn receivables into reliable revenue, free up staff, and lay the foundation for future finance innovation. Early results suggest the next big retail technology shift is already underway.
