The operating layer for improvement work.Thirteen agents. One loop. Three channels.
Thirteen agents, 56 tools and a governed project workspace, with the statistics computed by a deterministic engine rather than generated.
- 13
- AI agents
- 13 with a screen you open
- 56
- tools
- across the loop
- 3
- revenue channels
- individual, enterprise, university
- 4
- belt levels
- White through Black
The opportunity
Why now
Broken training infrastructure
Traditional Lean Six Sigma training is slow, expensive and ends at the certificate, with no feedback loop into the projects people actually run.
AI has matured enough to solve it
Retrieval, agentic workflows and model coaching now make it possible to deliver expert-level tutoring, project coaching and ROI analysis at scale, for the first time.
Enterprise demand is accelerating
Operations leaders are under pressure to prove ROI on quality programs. ImpactMatrix speaks directly to CFO-level accountability that no competitor offers.
Universities are actively seeking this
Engineering and business programs need industry-recognized certification tools. SigmaForge is purpose-built for academic licensing at scale.
Why SigmaForge wins
Six moats
01 · Founder fit
30+ years in the room
Raju Thomas witnessed the birth of Six Sigma under Bill Smith and Dr. Mikel Harry at Motorola. IQF-certified Master Black Belt with executive roles at Dexcom, Leica Biosystems, CareFusion, Kyocera and Motorola.
02 · AI architecture
13 agents, not a chatbot
SigmaForge is not a course with a chatbot bolted on. 13 agents each do one job on the improvement loop, from SigmaTutor to ImpactMatrix, and every one has a screen a customer can open. 28 of 32 analyses compute their figures in a deterministic engine, so the numbers do not move when the model does.
03 · Standards alignment
Aligned to all four Bodies of Knowledge
Curriculum aligned to ASQ, IASSC, CSSC and IQF, the four globally recognized LSS bodies. This creates immediate legitimacy with corporate L&D teams and university curriculum committees.
04 · CFO story
ImpactMatrix closes enterprise deals
Most Six Sigma vendors cannot answer "what is the ROI?". ImpactMatrix generates cost-of-poor-quality and project ROI figures in the format finance teams actually want, and the enterprise workspace keeps savings as three separate numbers: estimated, actual, and validated by someone other than the project lead.
05 · Three channels
Individual, enterprise, university
Three distinct revenue streams with different sales motions, churn profiles and expansion economics. Individual learners seed enterprise demand. Enterprise pilots create university interest. Each channel reinforces the others.
06 · Timing
The AI infrastructure moment
The intersection of AI maturity, enterprise accountability pressure and a global skills gap has created a 24-month window to define this category. SigmaForge is first to market with a platform built around agents rather than a chatbot added to a course.
Raju M. Thomas
Founder, President and CEO, SigmaForge Inc.
- IQF Master Black Belt
- MS, Georgia Tech
- MBA, FIU
- Dexcom
- Leica Biosystems
- CareFusion
- Kyocera
- Motorola
The founder
Thirty years of doing the work
Raju Thomas witnessed the birth of Six Sigma under Bill Smith and Dr. Mikel Harry at Motorola, and has led operational excellence in executive roles since. SigmaForge is the platform he wanted on every one of those programs: the method, the analysis and the proof of value in one place, so improvement work survives contact with a working week.
Business model
Three channels
Individual certification
Self-paced belt certification: White Belt is Free, then $249, $549 and $1,299 for Yellow, Green and Black, each including the exam and the certificate. A Full Journey bundle covers all four.
- White Free
- Yellow to Black $249 to $1,299
- Full Journey bundle
Enterprise licensing
Seat-based enterprise licensing with bulk enrollment, the governed project workspace with tollgates and benefit validation, ImpactMatrix ROI reporting, and cohort training views. Single sign-on is on the enterprise roadmap. High ACV, multi-year contracts and seat expansion.
- Seat licensing
- Annual contracts
- Seat expansion
University partnerships
Academic licensing for engineering and business programs: courses with join codes, a grading desk with AI pre-grading the instructor approves, gradebook export, and a course certificate from the university. Cohort-based pricing with institutional renewals.
- Cohort licensing
- Institutional renewals
- Academic tiers
Traction and roadmap
Where we are
Shipped, live today · Complete
Product built and operational
- Delaware C-Corp (Stripe Atlas); full legal infrastructure: NDAs, contractor agreements, equity plan
- Platform live at sigmaforge.ai: learning, real projects, and enterprise and university workspaces
- All four belt levels built, White through Black, with narrated curriculum and exams graded on the server
- All 13 agents live, every one with a screen a customer can open
- 56 analysis, document and planning tools live across DataForge, DocuForge, the Lean tools, ImpactMatrix and ProjectSensei
Now · In progress
Pilot, first users and Pre-Seed
- Pre-Seed SAFE round open to strategic investors
- Structured pilot with a founding cohort; hardening ahead of wider launch
- First individual learners and early enterprise and university pilots
- Invite-only onboarding for paid belts ahead of public launch; White Belt open to all
Next, 2026 to 2027 · Upcoming
Go-to-market and scale
- Public launch and first paying learners at scale
- First signed enterprise and university contracts
- University partnership outreach
- Seed round to accelerate GTM and team growth
The round
Pre-Seed SAFE round
We are raising via a standard SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). Full terms, financials and the SAFE document are shared in the investor brief on request.
- Instrument
- YC Standard SAFE
- Round stage
- Pre-Seed
- Entity
- SigmaForge Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
- Valuation cap and discount
- Shared in Investor Brief
- Minimum check
- Shared in Investor Brief
- Investor type
- Accredited investors only
- Use of proceeds
- Product, GTM, team
This overview is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Full terms, financials and SAFE documentation are provided to accredited investors on request.
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