Company
Customer support software company with AI agent products
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Intercom raised.
Companies Intercom acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Kai Forsyth | Product Design Lead (former) | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Intercom. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Analysis of Sierra's $950 million raise at a $15 billion valuation with Tiger Global and GV at the lead, weighing its revenue multiple, Fortune 50 customer lock-in, and competition from OpenAI and Anthropic's ventures.
Mobility newsletter: a new autonomy index puts Chinese robotaxi operators on top; Cargofy raises $11m, XDOF $70m; Carro buys CarPlace; plus driverless partnerships and a Waymo recall.
Sierra, the enterprise AI agent firm started by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, has banked a $950 million Series E with Tiger Global and Google Ventures at the helm, plus Benchmark, Sequoia and Greenoaks.
Also TechCrunch Australia·aivy.com.au·cmswire.com·theaiworld.org·faq.com.tw·groundy.com
Rampersand's April newsletter: an essay on AI services startups, model releases from Anthropic and Meta, Firmus Technologies' $505 million raise, Dexibit's sale to accesso, plus portfolio jobs, events and market commentary.
Also Dealroom
Weekly roundup: Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University co-invest $2.25 million across three university healthtech spinouts, while Blackbird backs Hall, which helps businesses win visibility on AI platforms, with $2 million pre-seed.
Also Startup Daily
Square Peg led Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round for its AI customer-support automation platform, joined by Skip Capital and US angel investors, supporting the team's US expansion.
Also Square Peg Capital·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
New Zealand fleet inspection software firm Whip Around raised a Series B led by Punakaiki Fund and Amplo, to grow its product and engineering team.