Daylit/Ethos/Manifest OS/Legora/CopilotKit — Agentic vertical surge w/ legal/fintech/hiring/commerce [developing]
Key Questions
What is Daylit and its funding?
Daylit raised $110M in seed funding for AR/fintech applications. It is part of a surge in agentic verticals including legal, fintech, hiring, and commerce. This reinforces institutional bets on scaling AI agents.
Tell me about Ethos and its recent raise.
Ethos raised $22.75M in Series A for AI hiring solutions, backed by a16z and founded by ex-DeepMind and ex-McKinsey alumni. It aims to fix hiring issues exacerbated by AI. The London-based platform is valued highly amid the agentic surge.
What is Manifest OS and its funding details?
Manifest OS raised $60M in Series A at a $750M valuation for AI law applications. Similar to Moritz's $9M seed for an AI-native law firm backed by Y Combinator. It highlights growth in AI legal tools.
Describe Rogo's funding and focus.
Rogo raised $160M in Series D for finance applications. Part of agentic bets scaling in verticals like Fazeshift's $17M-$22M for autonomous finance agents handling accounts receivable. Pilots and expansion remain open.
What did Legora and CopilotKit raise?
Legora raised $50M with Nvidia backing for agentic tools. CopilotKit raised $27M for its protocol. These join Kohort's $7M Series A for gaming UA and GGWP's $15M for AI moderation in Asia.
What are some other agentic startups mentioned?
OpsMill raised $14M Series A for trustworthy IT infra data for AI agents. Pit raised €13.6M for AI product teams as a service. Illoca raised $13M for AI architectural design.
How does this highlight reflect broader trends?
It shows a surge in agentic verticals with institutional funding scaling. Examples include CodeWords' $9M for AI agent automations and Sierra's massive $950M Series E. Open areas include pilots and expansion.
What gaming and infra plays are included?
Kohort $7M for gaming UA, GGWP $15M Asia mod, OpsMill $14M infra data. These reinforce agentic bets across sectors like Elastics' $2M pre-seed for prediction markets.
Daylit $110M seed AR/fintech; Ethos $22.75M A hiring (a16z ex-DeepMind); Rogo $160M D finance; Manifest OS $60M A ($750M) AI law; Legora $50M NVIDIA; CopilotKit $27M protocol; +Kohort $7M gaming UA, GGWP $15M Asia mod, OpsMill $14M infra data, Pit €13.6M Sweden teams, Fazeshift $17M finance, Illoca $13M arch. Reinforces institutional agent bets scaling. Open: pilots, expansion.