Serval raises $150 million at $3 billion valuation
AI · First reported 29 Oct, 12:02 · Updated 13:15
Serval secured a Sequoia-led $150 million funding round, valuing the workplace-automation company at $3 billion. It plans to expand its Catalyst product, while its CEO described controls for limiting AI agents’ access and actions.
- Serval raised $150 million in a Sequoia-led round at a $3 billion valuation, triple its $1 billion valuation from December. (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499; 2cb9f905-22e5-4233-be45-fee2df2ee65a)
- The company develops AI agents for workplace processes, initially focusing on IT operations, and says the new funding will support expansion of its Catalyst workflow product. (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499; 2cb9f905-22e5-4233-be45-fee2df2ee65a)
- CEO Jake Stauch said Lucid Motors moved from ServiceNow to Serval in 45 days; he also said IT and security teams control permissions and approvals, with human approval generally retained for sensitive actions. (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499; 2cb9f905-22e5-4233-be45-fee2df2ee65a)
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- Funding round
- $150 million, led by Sequoia (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499)
- Valuation
- $3 billion, up from $1 billion in December (2cb9f905-22e5-4233-be45-fee2df2ee65a)
- Total raised
- $277 million to date (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499)
- Product
- Catalyst, designed to help companies build and run automated workflows (2cb9f905-22e5-4233-be45-fee2df2ee65a)
- Reported migration
- Stauch said Lucid Motors migrated from ServiceNow to Serval in 45 days (79168fe3-26f6-4efe-95f9-5f7aff836499)
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- An earlier Lux headline reported that Collective raised $100 million to use AI for taxes and payroll at solo businesses. (90ab7fc1-f474-4a9e-8375-475128b00333)
- Another earlier Lux headline reported that Solink raised more than $100 million to use AI to extract business data from security cameras. (169d6d23-6a77-4c9d-b688-c5a1ed344ada)
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