Convey, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $38 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Pear VC. The company builds digital teammates — AI agents that non-technical operators train by demonstration to autonomously own complex enterprise workflows end-to-end. The capital will accelerate engineering, R&D, and customer expansion.
AI Agents Move From Assistants to Owners
The timing aligns with a broader shift in enterprise AI. Relevance AI raised $24 million in Series B funding in 2025, while Decagon secured $131 million in a Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation the same year. Sierra raised $950 million at a $15.8 billion valuation in 2026. Convey differentiates by targeting internal operations rather than customer-facing CX and by enabling non-technical users to train agents via screen sharing instead of code.
Manual Work Drags Enterprise Productivity
Mid-market companies spend two to three hours per operator daily on manual data tasks. Enterprises struggle to convert AI spend into measurable ROI despite global AI spending projected to reach $2.5 trillion in 2026. Existing solutions either require engineering resources or limit scope to narrow use cases like ticket deflection, leaving finance, ad ops, and reconciliation workflows reliant on manual heroics.
Train-by-Doing Model Replaces RPA
Convey lets operators share their screen to demonstrate a process; the AI learns and executes unsupervised, flagging humans only on exceptions. Each digital teammate receives its own email, permissions, and data store. The platform supports legacy systems without APIs through computer vision and maintains SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance.
Competitors like Lindy focus on SMB self-serve flows in Slack and email, while Unframe relies on managed services requiring AI specialists. Convey's approach puts control with domain experts, enabling a talent acquisitions manager at Ewing Outdoor Supply to deploy agents across departments and earn a promotion.
a16z Leads to Validate Operator Focus
Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with a16z Partner Joe Schmidt joining the board. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC continued their seed backing. The investor mix signals conviction in Convey's emphasis on internal operations automation at a moment when Salesforce acquired Fin for $3.6 billion in the same week.
$10.9B Market Expands Rapidly
The AI agents market stands at $10.9 billion in 2026 and is projected to reach $182.9 billion by 2033 at a 45-49.6% CAGR. Structural drivers include labor shortages and the move from copilots that augment speed to teammates that own outcomes. Convey has already automated 1.1 million hours of production work within seven months of founding.
Founders Bring Operational Scaling Experience
CEO Rohan Chopra was an early DoorDash engineer who automated manual delivery assignment workflows. He co-founded Convey with Stanford classmates who previously sold a company together. The team's prior experience scaling operations at a high-growth logistics platform informs Convey's focus on measurable workflow ownership.