A new player just entered the increasingly crowded AI automation arena. Poetic, an AI startup that had been operating in stealth mode, has announced a $50 million funding round backed by OpenAI to help businesses automate complex tasks.

What Poetic is building

Poetic’s core pitch centers on enterprise automation. The startup aims to help businesses streamline and automate workflows that have traditionally required significant human involvement, the kind of multi-step, judgment-heavy processes that basic software tools can’t handle.

The company has been operating quietly, with limited public information about its founding team, its specific technology stack, or the timeline of its development.

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