Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Summary

Getting design and engineering teams on the same page about what digital product to create and how to build it continues to be a challenge. A lot of companies find themselves dealing with scattered information, often depending on shared spreadsheets to keep track of design specs and guidelines. Design teams might use tools like Figma, while engineers manage their source code with systems like Git. This issue becomes even trickier for large organizations juggling multiple brands and various websites. Miscommunication can pile up quickly, resulting in wasted time and inefficiency. That’s where Knapsack comes in. It’s a collaboration platform specifically designed for enterprises that need to resolve misunderstandings between UI designers, product managers, and engineers. Knapsack creates a unified workspace that connects with tools like Figma and Git, ensuring that any design changes are automatically updated in the code and documentation. This approach makes sure that everything remains up to date, so branding stays consistent across all digital products. For example, if the button is supposed to be 60 pixels wide, this will be documented in the system, and no sizing mistakes are made. On Thursday, the company announced Thursday a $10 million Series A round, bringing the total raised to date to $20.8 million. Alongside the funding, Knapsack is introducing AI capabilities. This includes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, which is Anthropic’s open source standard that is designed to enhance AI models’ ability to generate more relevant responses to specific inquiries. The new addition, currently in limited beta, enables teams to create AI agents using models like ChatGPT and Gemini while ensuring these assistants are consistent with their brand and guidelines. Techcrunch event San Francisco | October 27-29, 2025 Additionally, an upcoming “ingestion engine” aims to streamline the process of creating a system of record, which is essentially a comprehensive collection...