{"id":79366,"date":"2025-05-06T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/79366\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:32:11","slug":"relevance-ai-raises-24m-to-help-businesses-build-ai-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/79366\/","title":{"rendered":"Relevance AI raises $24M to help businesses build AI agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals may work closely with AI agents as they become increasingly prevalent in the workplace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcg.com\/capabilities\/artificial-intelligence\/ai-agents#:~:text=AI%20agents%20will%20be%20able,workers%20to%20be%20more%20productive.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">According to a report by Boston Consulting Group<\/a>, the market for AI agents is expected to grow at a 45% compound annual growth rate over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just like human employees, AI agents could be onboarded to learn various roles, access company information and business contexts, and integrate into workflows. In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoft365copilotblog\/why-ai-agents-are-essential-for-business-transformation\/4400127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">unlike traditional automation tools<\/a>, AI agents have the potential to constantly adapt and improve their operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/relevanceai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Relevance AI<\/a>, a San Francisco- and Sydney-based startup developing an AI agent \u201coperating system\u201d to enable businesses to build teams of AI agents, has raised $24 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Returning investors King River Capital, Insight Partners, and Peak XV also participated, bringing Relevance\u2019s total raised to $37 million. The company did not provide its valuation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fundraising comes about a year and a half after the startup closed <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/12\/11\/relevance-ais-low-code-platform-enables-businesses-to-build-ai-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its Series A<\/a>. Relevance says that it has experienced rapid growth, with 40,000 AI agents registered on its platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customers include Qualified, Activision, and Safety Culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relevance has to compete with players in the AI agent space like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/05\/09\/retell-ai-lets-companies-build-agents-to-answer-their-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Retell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/04\/google-and-deepmind-alums-raises-10m-for-qee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qeen.ai<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tracxn.com\/d\/companies\/smythos\/__HLBB85ePveHmvjiBHT68ysbCQyy4eDZxb6thKiFPEGY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SmythOS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/dara-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gooey.AI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/cykel-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cykel AI<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/microsoft365copilotblog\/why-ai-agents-are-essential-for-business-transformation\/4400127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Microsoft<\/a>. The five-year-old company sees agent builder platforms, vertical agent software, and agent engineering frameworks as its competition, according to co-CEO and co-founder Daniel Vassilev.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[W]e\u2019ve even seen incumbents like Salesforce make a big bet on the value of agents,\u201d Vassilev told TechCrunch in an interview. \u201c[Relevance] enable[s] training the agent to really specialize in the niche workflows of their organization. We\u2019re also tool- and model-agnostic, allowing our customers to leverage their entire tech stack across their entire business rather than just a single vendor\u2019s ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBerkeley, CA<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-sessions-ai\/exhibit\/?promo=tc_inline_exhibit&amp;utm_campaign=tcsessionsai2025&amp;utm_content=exhibit&amp;utm_medium=ad&amp;utm_source=tc\" class=\"inline-cta__register-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tBOOK NOW<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relevance says that it\u2019ll use its new funding to further enhance the product capabilities of its AI agents and provide support to customers in its primary markets of Australia and the U.S. Vassilev has relocated to San Francisco to open Relevance\u2019s office and build up its go-to-market team there. The company says it has 80 people across its San Francisco and Sydney offices today, up from 19 employees in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coinciding with its Series B funding, Relevance is introducing two new features on its platform. \u201cWorkforce\u201d is a no-code multi-agent system designed to help non-technical professionals and engineers build specialized teams of agents to collaborate like human employees, completing complex processes from start to finish. \u201cInvent\u201d is a tool that lets users create AI agents using text prompts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Individuals may work closely with AI agents as they become increasingly prevalent in the workplace. 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