Go Abacus
“Can on-premise, air-gapped AI infrastructure become the default deployment model for regulated financial institutions unwilling to send data to cloud LLMs?”
Founded2022
HQChicago, Illinois, United States
FoundersDavid Moscatelli, Lisa Gillespie
Total raised$5M+ (Series A disclosed)
Latest roundSeries A, November 2025
IndustryInfrastructure / AI (Regulated Industries)
The story
Go Abacus is an on-premise AI infrastructure company purpose-built for regulated industries (banks, credit unions, insurance, healthcare). It sells hardware appliances (The Go1™), an AI operating system (Go.OS), and vertical apps for BSA/AML, compliance filings, funds transfer pricing, lending, and vendor management. It is NOT an embedded finance company itself — it sells software TO financial institutions rather than embedding financial products into a platform.
Product timeline
2022
Go Abacus founded in Chicago to build on-premise AI infrastructure for regulated industries· pivot
2025
Raised $5M Series A led by GFT Ventures with BankTech Ventures and LAUNCH Fund· funding
2026
Launched The Go1™, an on-prem AI hardware appliance for banks and credit unions· launch
2026
Opened new Chicago headquarters at 111 South Wacker Drive· expansion
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Go Abacus’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none