Sentenai, a cloud service that aims to “[apply] machine learning techniques to automate data engineering,” announced today that it closed a $1.8 million seed round. Boston’s Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Project 11 Ventures, and Hyperplane Venture Capital participated in the investment.

Sentenai said that it will use the funds to further build its technology. Project 11 Ventures’ Reed Sturtevant will join Sentenai’s board.

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