
Tzafon raises $9.7M pre-seed to scale AI compute
Tzafon has announced the final close of its $9.7million pre-seed funding round, where HV Capital led the extension, joining investors such as Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, Oliver Jung, and angels from OpenAI and xAI.
The new funding will enable Tzafon to substantially scale its computational capabilities, accelerate the advancement of its innovative autonomous AI agent technology, and launch ‘Lightcone,’ an agent that can act on your behalf across any app or platform.
Tzafon has developed a framework for action agents to automate tasks across digital environments. By leveraging machine learning techniques, reinforcement learning, and proprietary AI framework, Tzafon is taking agentic AI to new heights. The company’s technology stands out due to its exceptional performance benchmarks with the first version of their model, achieving top results on web tasks on OSWorld.
Today, AI excels at researching, writing, and generating graphics, but when it comes to taking actions, we’re still at the starting line.
“Our vision at Tzafon is to build agents from the ground up that are capable of collaborating across any digital, and in the future physical environment,” said Noah Löfquist, CEO and Co-Founder of Tzafon. “This round enables us to significantly expand our compute resources to train smarter, better, and more agentic AI models. And launch Lightcone, which will reduce the friction between intention and action across any digital device.
“Our approach fundamentally reshapes how people leverage AI, providing not just incremental improvements but transformational results,” Löfquist added.
“It's inevitable that AI will go beyond read/write and move into the realm of actions. There's a huge gap in the market with many infrastructure challenges to make agents lightning fast, scalable, and more autonomous when it comes to performing tasks. It's an emerging and fast changing space as is with all other aspects of AI. The Tzafon team continues to release agents that are highly performant and able to function cross platform. An amazing feat for a team that’s just getting started,” Lina Chong, Partner at HV Capital.
With the new capital infusion, Tzafon plans to rapidly scale its compute infrastructure to meet growing market demand, accelerate product development cycles, and further strengthen its strategic market position. People will soon be able to access Tzafon’s Lightcone product directly, enabling them to harness the agentic technology.
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