2026-09-05
$129M of new funding is targeting AI agents and workflow automation
5 funded companies building into AI agents and workflow automation. The work in scope is what the Head of Automation owns today.
The funding
AI Agent Firewall Startup AIR Security Emerges From Stealth With $50 Million
AI Agent Firewall Startup AIR Security Emerges From Stealth With $50 Million →Six-month-old AIR Security raises $50 million to build a firewall for AI agents
Six-month-old AIR Security raises $50 million to build a firewall for AI agents →Build your own agentic design workforce that learns from your designs, improves every project, and runs securely inside your firewall.
Agentrys Raises $24.5 Million As Agentic Chip Design Platform Tops 90% On NVIDIA Benchmark →Neo Agent is the AI tool for managed service providers, offering AI-powered workflow automation and AI ticket management for MSPs to reduce workloads and improve customer experience
Neo Agent Inc. Form D filing →Kazakh Entrepreneur Raises $2.3M for an AI Agent Designed to Create and Manage Online Stores
Kazakh Entrepreneur Raises $2.3M for an AI Agent Designed to Create and Manage Online Stores →What it means
Capital arriving in a function is a reliable leading indicator. It does not mean the incumbents are wrong, and it does not mean these companies will succeed. It means that within the next few quarters the people who run this work will be asked what their function is doing about it, and the honest answer has to start with where that function actually stands.
So we built the assessment for it. Not a purchase decision, a structured set of questions to take to your own team.