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Freehand is a San Francisco-based enterprise AI company (spun out of Pando in Feb 2024) building autonomous AI agents that run supply-chain spend and back-office ops for Fortune 500 firms across logistics, direct materials and MRO. Its agents process billions in payments across 60-70 countries for ~50 customers including Meta, Unilever, J&J, Pfizer and Cardinal Health.

AskMAE.ai (AskMAE ai LLC), based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, builds an "EQ/IQ" AI operating system that turns an organization's domain expertise and workflows into branded "AI Experts" with built-in safety guardrails. Its sub-products include PM3 (marketing automation), DIRL (personal improvement) and OpsContinuity (enterprise operations).

AI customer-engagement agent that can operate software

Motion, founded in 2019 in San Francisco, USA, is an AI work management platform for SMBs offering scheduling and task management, an integrated AI Employees agent suite, and deep integrations with mainstream productivity tools. In May 2025 it launched an integrated AI Agent bundle for SMBs, growing that business to over 10,000 B2B customers and approximately $10M ARR within four months.

Arrakis , a seven-month-old startup based in London and Paris that helps industrial companies automate operational workflows across aerospace, energy, logistics, and manufacturing, raised a $30 million Series A round at a $140 million post-money valuation. The deal was led by Blossom Capital , with Accel, GFC, MainObject , and Rerail also stepping up. The company has raised a total of $38 million. Fortune has more here .

Intropy , a two-year-old London startup that automates inventory, pricing, and other operating decisions for spare parts distributors, manufacturers, and recyclers inside their existing ERP systems, raised an $11 million seed round led by Felix Capital , with Quiet Capital as well as previous investor General Catalyst also taking part. Tech Funding News has more here .