HappyRobot, a San Francisco startup building AI workers for enterprise operations, has raised $44 million in a Series B funding round. The raise, led by Base10 Partners with participation from a16z, Array Ventures, YC and new backers including Samsara Ventures and Tokio Marine, comes less than a year after the company’s $15.6 million Series A.
The company develops domain-specific AI agents that can handle operational tasks such as scheduling, collections, payments, and recruitment across industries like logistics and supply chain management. HappyRobot says more than 70 enterprise customers, including DHL, Ryder, and Werner, are already using the platform.
The fresh capital will be used to expand engineering, product development, and customer deployments. The startup is looking to strengthen its AI models and develop new tools such as automated auditors and worker-deployment systems.
CEO Pablo Palafox says the goal is to move routine coordination and execution work from human teams to AI, freeing staff to focus on higher-value tasks. The company points to efficiency gains among clients, with some reporting faster turnaround times and significant returns on investment.
HappyRobot was founded in 2023 by Palafox, Luis Paarup and Javier Palafox. The team initially built a voice AI capable of natural phone conversations before applying the technology to freight operations, where manual coordination remains a cost and bottleneck.
With the new funding, HappyRobot is positioning itself as a provider of AI workers for industries that still depend heavily on labour-intensive back-office tasks.
