Zeta Labs Raises $2.9 Million in Pre-Seed Round

Zeta Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based AI research and product company, raised $2.9 million in pre-seed funding.

The company also launched its proprietary autonomous AI agent named JACE.

The round was led by Daniel Gross, former head of AI at Y Combinator, and Nat Friedman, former Github CEO, with participation from Earlybird VC and Kaya VC as well as AI Grant, Shawn (swyx) Wang, Bartek Pucek and Mati Staniszewski, founder of ElevenLabs.

The company will use the funding to expand its engineering team, host training models, and enhance JACE's overall infrastructure, improving its speed and reliability.

Founded in 2023 by Peter Albert and Fryderyk Wiatrowski, Zeta Labs is an AI research and product company focused on developing advanced autonomous agents capable of performing complex tasks in digital environments. Their proprietary autonomous AI agent, JACE, utilizes a proprietary large language model (LLM) and web-interaction model (AWA-1) to operate autonomously within web interfaces, performing tasks traditionally requiring human intervention. Their mission is to develop technologies that clear the path for humanity to engage with what truly matters.

Funding Details

Company: Zeta AI, Inc.

Raised: $2.9M

Round: Pre-Seed

Funding Month: June 2024

Lead Investors: Daniel Gross, Nat Friedman

Additional Investors: Earlybird VC, Kaya VC, Shawn Wang, Bartek Pucek, Mati Staniszewski

Company Website: https://www.zetalabs.ai/

Software Category: Autonomous Agents