Ema raises $77 million to expand its AI agents for business tasks

In short: Ema raised $77 million to grow its AI agent product that helps companies automate multi-step work across HR, IT, and finance.

What happened

Ema, a startup founded in 2023, announced a $77 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Creaegis, and existing investors Accel, Section 32, and Prosus put in more money too.

Ema says it builds “AI employees,” which are groups of AI agents (think of agents as small software helpers) that can work together. Instead of doing one simple task, they can carry out a whole process that spans different business apps, like onboarding an employee, handling IT requests, or routing finance approvals.

The company told TechCrunch the new funding brings its total raised to $140 million. It also said its valuation has increased by more than four times since its last round in 2024, but it did not share the new number.

Ema says it has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft, and over 1 million enterprise users. It also reported handling more than 5 million actions and queries, and said bookings have surpassed $150 million, which it described as the total value of multi-year contracts, not yearly revenue.

Why it matters

This funding round highlights a bigger shift in how large companies may spend money. Instead of buying many separate software subscriptions and paying consultants to stitch them together, some companies are testing AI systems that can “sit on top” of existing tools and do the work end to end (like a coordinator who can use many office systems for you). If that approach works well, it could change which software and services companies businesses rely on.

Source: TechCrunch AI