Big Money for AI Agent Startups

This week, AI startups working on agent technology received huge amounts of funding. These companies are building software that can do tasks like help customers on their own. Wonderful, an Israeli startup, raised $100 million to help businesses use AI agents for customer service. The company's AI can handle phone calls, chat messages, and emails in many different languages and countries. Wonderful plans to expand to Germany, Austria, and other parts of Europe in 2025.

More Companies Get Big Investments

Other AI agent companies also got major funding this week. d-Matrix raised $275 million to build special computer chips that help AI agents work faster. Fireworks AI raised $250 million, and LangChain raised $125 million to help build better agent frameworks - tools that make it easier to create AI agents. Modal raised $87 million for their serverless computing platform that runs agent workloads.

New Agent Tools and Services

Companies are also building new tools to help create AI agents. Databricks announced partner programs to help businesses use agents across different industries. Deductive AI launched AI agents that can fix computer problems super fast - sometimes 90% faster than people. Densify created Kubex AI, a robot that helps companies manage their computer resources better through conversation.

Big Deals for Agent Companies

Salesforce agreed to buy Doti, an Israeli company, for around $100 million to add agent technology that searches company information. Kyndryl launched new agent services to help companies improve how their teams work. These moves show that big companies believe agentic AI is the future of business.