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Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise
For all their potential, AI agents have been slow to make an impact in the enterprise, and one new startup is betting that the reason they haven’t is a lack of context. Launched as part of Y Combinator’s 2025 summer cohort,Traceis a workflow orchestration startup aimed at filling that gap. The company maps complex corporate environments and processes so that agents have the context they need to scale quickly. “OpenAI and Anthropic are building these brilliant interns that can be leveraged within the company,” says Trace CEO Tim Cherkasov, referring to the AI labs’ tools. “We’re building the manager that knows where to put them.” On Thursday, the London-based company said it had raised $3 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, and WeFunder. Angel investors Benjamin Bryant and Kevin Moore also invested. Trace’s system starts by building a knowledge graph from a company’s existing tools — systems like email, Slack, and Airtable that shape the day-to-day working life of the firm. With that context in place, users can prompt the system with a high-level task — like “We need to design a new microsite” or “Lets develop our 2027 sales plan” — and Trace will come back with a step-by-step workflow, delegating some tasks to AI agents and assigning others to human workers. When the system does invoke an AI agent, it will prompt it with the specific data needed to complete its sub-task. The idea is to automate away the delicate work of on-boarding AI agents, one of the biggest blockers for actual deployment within companies. With so many companies focused on agentic AI, Trace will have plenty of competition.Earlier this week, Anthropic launched its own take on enterprise agents, focused on pre-built plugins for specific departmental functions. And many of the workplace productivity services Trace will be drawing from, likeAtlassian’s Jira, are launching their own agents, which will potentially compete with the startup’s system. But Trace’s founders believe their knowledge-graph approach will be the key to success, as they can build context engineering deep into the structure of agentic deployment. “2024 and 2025 was still about prompt engineering. Now we’ve moved from prompt engineering to context engineering,” says CTO Artur Romanov. “Whoever provides the best context at the right time is going to be the infrastructure on top of which the AI-first companies will be built. And we hope to be that infrastructure.”
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Indian IT Builds the Missing Layers in Open-Source Agentic AI Frameworks
Tech Mahindra and Persistent detail enterprise safeguards as study flags immature frameworks.
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Google Unveils 10-Hour AI Certificate in Latest Learning Push
The curriculum focuses on applied skills across research, strategic planning, professional communication, content creation, data analysis and workflow automation.
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T-Hub Partners With Tripura Govt to Strengthen Startup Ecosystem
The partnership aims to build a long-term startup ecosystem with incubation support, acceleration programmes, and national market access.
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12 Nano GCCs Building Core Product, Deep Tech Capabilities in India
Global companies are rethinking talent and strategy, increasingly relying on nano GCCs instead of relocating employees.
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AI Clinical Intelligence Co Cohere Health Launches GCC in Hyderabad
The Hyderabad centre will play a central role in advancing Cohere Health’s clinically trained AI platform.
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Steel Major ArcelorMittal Sets Up GCCs in Hyderabad and Pune
ArcelorMittal plans to hire nearly 2,000 professionals in the new GCCs.
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Salesforce Battles SaaSpocalypse Fears as AI Spending Spooks Wall Street
Salesforce CEO says “this isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse” even as stock tanks despite strong quarterly results.
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Perplexity Computer Unveiled as Unified, Multi-Model AI Workflow Platform: Key Features, Availability
Perplexity AI on Wednesday announced Perplexity Computer, a new multi-model AI workflow system. As per the company, it is designed to help users perform complex research and task execution through a coordinated network of AI models, streamlining how users gather information, analyse data, and generate actionable insights. The system is claimed to be built to go beyond single-model chat interfaces by enabling multiple AI systems to collaborate on research, reasoning, and structured outputs within a unified environment.
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The ePlane Company Begins Prototyping, Testing Electric Aircraft at IIT Madras
The company’s new facility at IIT Madras will accelerate the development of electric air taxis while working with regulators to establish certification standards.
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