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Tess AI Secures $5M Seed Round to Expand AI Agent Platform, led by Hi Ventures with participation from DYDX Capital and Honeystone Ventures.

PRIVATEMar 04, 2026

Amount Raised

$5 Million

Round Type

Seed

CaliforniaSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise SoftwareMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS

Investors

Honeystone VenturesHi VenturesDYDX Capital

Description

Tess AI has officially announced the close of a $5 million seed funding round to scale its AI agent orchestration platform. Led by Hi Ventures and co-led by DYDX Capital, with participation from Honeystone Ventures, this funding will help integrate 250+ AI models. Over 16,000 employees are already onboarded, executing 600,000+ tasks monthly. This funding marks a significant step for the company's growth trajectory in the enterprise AI space.

Who else raised in Enterprise Software and Natural Language Processing around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Tess AI that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Selector Software raised $32M (Funding Round) on February 18, 2026.
  • Bluefish raised $43M (Series B) on April 14, 2026.
  • ShengShu raised $293M (Funding Round) on April 13, 2026.
  • Zell raised $589K (Seed) on April 13, 2026.
  • Natter raised $23M (Funding Round) on April 8, 2026.
  • Handhold raised $3.5M (Seed) on April 7, 2026.

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Company Information

Company

Tess AI

Location

California, United States

About

Tess AI is an enterprise AI agent orchestration platform that allows employees to create and deploy autonomous agents for various tasks without the need for constant human intervention. Founded by Brazilian entrepreneurs, Tess AI utilizes a multi-model orchestration engine that integrates over 250 AI models and operates on a pay-for-impact model. The platform aims to democratize access to AI tools within organizations, promoting an employee-driven approach to automation. Tess AI has rapidly scaled, onboarding over 16,000 employees and executing hundreds of thousands of tasks monthly.

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