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Sierra AI secures $175 million to reach $4.5 billion valuation!

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Sierra AI secures $175 million to reach $4.5 billion valuation!

Athira Sethu

Kochi, 31 October 2024

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Sierra, the software startup by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised a new round of $175 million in funding led by Greenoaks Capital. The round brings its valuation to a high of $4.5 billion, the company announced Monday.

Launched publicly less than a year ago by Taylor, a known Silicon Valley figure, the company has already raised $110 million from investors such as Sequoia Capital and Benchmark, bringing its valuation close to $1 billion before this round.

The round also includes participation from Thrive Capital and Iconiq. This investment has helped Sierra to hold the highest position in the list of the most valuable AI startups even with all the caution about an AI bubble. The company, according to reports, has secured more than $20 million in annual revenue, said the sources.

In such early-stage companies, investors usually pay a high price due to growth potential or the interest in the technology and the founding team. A high increase in valuation in Sierra reflects a good interest among investors in backing AI companies founded by an experienced team of founders.

Sierra specializes in AI-based customer service chatbots with clients such as WeightWatchers and Sirius XM. But since the OpenAI’s ChatGPT model caught people’s attention, it now seems that the money making applications are drawing attention in place of the foundational models, which are building the road.

Co-founded by Taylor and Clay Bavor, former Google executive, Sierra operates in a highly competitive market filled with AI customer service solutions, from Salesforce to newer startups like Forethought.

Sierra claims that it will make a cut in the number of “hallucinations”, that is so prevalent in AI and always brings out erroneous information. That improvement alone would help businesses rely on AI agents during communications with clients.

Bret Taylor is known for Salesforce leadership, as he currently leads the board at OpenAI. He has since downplayed the competition between OpenAI and Sierra, citing their different focuses. Taylor was also involved in oversight duties when Twitter’s board was in Elon Musk’s acquisition. 

His co-founder, Clay Bavor, joined Google in 2005 and held important positions, including managing Gmail and Google Drive. Together, they aim to make Sierra a leader in the AI customer service space.

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