Bardeen, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of AI agents capable of automating repetitive knowledge work using a natural language interface, raised $3M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $22M, saw participation from Dropbox Ventures and HubSpot Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to further it vision for a fully autonomous AI that builds time-saving automations for its users.
Co-founded by Artem Harutyunyan and Pascal Weinberger, Bardeen offers an AI agent platform built for workers using enterprise apps every day, not IT departments with deep technical knowledge. The company prioritizes usability and pragmatism, combining AI with traditional automation techniques to handle repetitive tasks such as copy-pasting, conducting web research and sending emails. In the last six months, it surpassed 300,000 users and more than 1,000 paying customers, which includes high-growth startups and enterprises like Deel, Miro, Kearney, WPP and 10Web, among others.
Bardeen recently introduced significant updates to its AI agent platform, which runs as a browser extension and is context-aware. Most notably, in Bardeen 3.0, AI agents conduct a “planning” step after receiving instructions from the user, something that dramatically increases reliability and accuracy compared to competing tools. Built to support thousands of concurrent automations, Bardeen 3.0 includes:
- Enterprise-grade encryption and compliance, including the option to run high-volume workflows in the cloud
- A natural language interface that makes building powerful AI automations easy and accessible for all
- Proactive suggestions via an automation assistant that continually learns from usage patterns
- 100 additional integrations with tools like Microsoft 365, most CRMs, and sales outreach and enrichment tools
- The ability to share best practices and standardize automated workflows to improve productivity across an entire organization
In addition to providing strategic funding, Dropbox and HubSpot are supportive partners in its go-to-market strategy, helping to reach new customers through their respective channels.
FinSMEs
08/08/2024