Scuba, a shared context engine for teams and their AI agents, has emerged from stealth with US$34 million in funding across two rounds. Accel led the Pre-Seed round, while IVP joined Accel to co-lead the Seed round alongside participation from BoxGroup, Conviction, Homebrew, and Scribble Ventures. Founded by former Slack leaders Noah Desai Weiss and Dolapo Falola, the company is building a shared memory layer designed to help teams and agents move smarter together.
The Challenge of Context Constraints
Noah Desai Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Scuba, argues that frontier AI models are not limited by intelligence but by context. Teams increasingly move faster individually, yet many struggle to stay aligned because effort is wasted, lessons are orphaned, and legacy tools such as wikis, strategy documents, and monthly all-hands cannot keep pace. Scuba positions itself as the shared memory that captures what matters so an organization can act as one.
How the Shared Context Engine Works
Scuba allows teams to capture articles, screenshots, documents, videos, threads, texts, and voice notes from a browser, any app, an AI agent, or directly within the product. The platform automatically organizes these Captures and tracks how team knowledge, decisions, and directions evolve without requiring manual editing. It also works as a proactive thought partner by surfacing trends, changes, and conflicts through daily Briefings or on-demand Sessions.
Agent Integrations and Team Alignment
Teams can connect Scuba to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Slack through MCP or by bringing the Scuba assistant into Slack conversations. This ensures that every answer, document, and line of code starts with the team's unique context rather than generic public internet output. The company says these integrations help scale individual expertise into a shared advantage across launches, key clients, company strategy, and competitive shifts.
Founder Track Record and Investor Support
Noah Desai Weiss previously served as Chief Product Officer at Slack, while Dolapo Falola was Head of Engineering at The Browser Company and held engineering leadership roles at Slack and Meta. The two have built products together since 2011 across Google, Foursquare, and Slack, and Scuba is their fourth collaboration. Investors Accel partner Andrew Braccia and IVP general partner Shravan Narayen credit the founders with experience in delivering the right information at the right time.
Early Traction and Next Steps
Over the past six months, hundreds of early users have used Scuba in private beta to build products, run launches, track customer feedback, develop company strategy, and explore new markets. The company reports that early adopters feel like a smarter version of themselves because what they learn compounds. The new capital will support product expansion, hiring, and go-to-market efforts as Scuba opens its limited beta to teams in waves.
Scuba is entering a crowded market of AI copilots and knowledge tools, but the company is betting that team-specific context is the missing layer for human and agent productivity. With fresh funding, founders who helped scale Slack, and early users reporting compounding value, Scuba aims to become the small share of AI spending that makes the rest pay off. Its public launch marks a new attempt to turn scattered team knowledge into an organized and continuously updated advantage.