Google Vets Raise $56 Million to Give AI Its ‘Android-Like Moment’

A bunch of tech veterans have reportedly raised $56 million to assist assemble an working system for synthetic intelligence (AI) brokers.

As Bloomberg Information reported Tuesday (Nov. 26), the brand new firm — dubbed /dev/agents — is led by former Google and Stripe workers who labored on the Android working system.

Their new seed funding spherical values /dev/brokers at $500 million, the report added, citing a supply conversant in the matter.

The report famous that a number of corporations, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic amongst them, are creating AI agents.

For instance, Microsoft has not too long ago debuted instruments to assist healthcare organizations construct personalized AI brokers for appointment scheduling, medical trial matching, and affected person triage. 

OpenAI’s new framework, Swarm, lets AI brokers collaborate and independently execute advanced duties, doubtlessly boosting enterprise effectivity. 

“Whereas nonetheless experimental, the know-how is poised to revolutionize workflows by enabling brokers to autonomously deal with processes like advertising and gross sales,” PYMNTS wrote final month.

Nevertheless, the founders of /dev/brokers assume there’s a key part lacking. If AI brokers grow to be as ever-present as apps, builders will want a typical technical framework to attach these companies and permit them to speak with one another — much like Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android.

“We’d like an Android-like second for AI,” David Singleton, co-founder and CEO of /dev/brokers, stated in an interview with Bloomberg.

Singleton was the vice chairman of engineering on the Android undertaking earlier than turning into chief know-how officer at FinTech firm Stripe.

“We are able to see the promise of AI brokers, however as a developer, it’s simply too arduous to construct something good,” he added.

In the meantime, PYMNTS wrote earlier this month about instruments such because the AI agent provided by Commerce.AI, exemplifying the development of AI programs being trusted to deal with delicate buyer interactions and operational choices that information firm efficiency.

“Whereas traditional AI approaches have centered round help, the flexibility for AI brokers to motive, resolve and take motion will amplify outcomes,” Archana Kannan, senior vice chairman of product for work messaging app Slack, instructed PYMNTS.

“In the end, brokers are going to remodel how each person will get their job completed, notably the mundane, frequent duties like automating initiatives, new rent onboarding, producing content material or managing IT incidents.”