Convey raises $38M from a16z for AI 'teammates'

The word “agent” is everywhere in enterprise software right now, which is exactly why Convey does not want to use it.

The startup has raised a $38mn Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Khosla Ventures and Pear VC joining. Its pitch is a deliberate rebrand: not AI agents that complete tasks, but AI “teammates” that own an outcome.

“Agents feel a bit overloaded at this point,” co-founder and chief executive Rohan Chopra told Business Insider. “We emphasise teammate over agent because the teammate is responsible for an outcome, not just a specific task.”

From DoorDash to back-office drudgery

Chopra, one of DoorDash’s earliest employees, traces the idea to a colleague who spent his days manually texting drivers to assign deliveries. DoorDash automated that work away; Convey wants to do the same for companies without DoorDash’s engineering budget.