With $6M in
funding from NFX, Enso addresses small business challenges head-on
with enterprise-grade AI agent technology
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AVIV, Israel, July 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Enso today unveiled the industry's first
ecosystem of Guided AI Agents, offering small to medium-sized
business (SMBs) AI-powered Service-as-a-Software. Launching with
over 1,000 AI agents trained and fine-tuned on domain-specific best
practices across 70 specific industries, Enso provides SMBs with
affordable high-end services critical to running a
business—including research, accounting, digital marketing,
recruiting and more.
Small businesses employ nearly half of the American workforce
and represent 43.5 percent of America's GDP. Yet small businesses
continue to suffer growing pains. According to recent research by
Microsoft, 59 percent of small business owners want to generate new
ideas for growth but are hindered by daily demands, including tasks
like customer communication, accounting and administrative tasks
like data entry and scheduling.
AI offers a solution by automating these tasks, yet it is
cost-prohibitive for small businesses, leaving them behind the
technology curb. Enso was created to bridge this gap by providing
SMBs with affordable, autonomous service providers that deliver
premium quality at a fraction of the cost.
"Running a small business means constantly being in survival
mode, lacking the resources and expertise that larger businesses
have," said Mickey Haslavsky, CEO of Enso. "AI has fast become
readily available to these larger companies, but not to small
businesses. We created Enso by making AI accessible to companies
that serve traditional industries so they can compete on an equal
footing with larger corporations—instead of spending money on
bank-breaking agency services."
Enso's platform centers around an innovative concept called
Guided AI Agents, designed to overcome the unpredictability and
unreliability often associated with conventional AI agents.
Traditional AI agents frequently make autonomous decisions that can
lead to incorrect outcomes, thereby limiting the ability to provide
consistent, high-quality services at scale. Additionally, Enso
plans to launch a "Guided AI Agent Builder" for developers to build
and market services to SMBs on the platform.
Fueling Enso's launch is a $6
million seed funding round led by NFX with participation
from top angel investors, including Yossi
Matias, head of AI Google Research, Shmil Levy, ex-GP at Sequoia Capital, Dark Mode
ventures, and operators from top companies including Slack,
Twitter, OpenAI, and more.
"Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, yet they have
passed by the AI revolution," said Gigi
Levy-Weiss, Partner at NFX Ventures. "While larger
businesses speed by leveraging AI to maximize productivity gains,
small businesses struggle to perform the most basic of
administrative tasks. Enso is one of the first companies
recognizing this need and putting enterprise-grade AI in the hands
of emerging companies, democratizing AI by providing access and
scalability. We are thrilled to support Enso as it transforms the
business landscape and empowers traditional businesses to
thrive."
About Enso
Enso is the industry's first ecosystem of
Guided AI Agents, offering small to medium size business (SMBs).
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