Trace just raised $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem.

They build workflow orchestration for enterprise AI agents. The key: mapping company processes so agents have proper context.

• $3M seed from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital
• YC Summer 2025 graduate
• London-based founders: Tim Cherkasov, Artur Romanov

How they built it:
• Identified core issue: agents fail without context
• Built knowledge graphs from existing tools (Slack, Airtable)
• Created human-AI task delegation system
• Focused on "context engineering" vs prompt engineering
• Achieved 50% productivity gains with early customers

The insight: "2024-2025 was prompt engineering. Now it's context engineering."

For founders: The biggest AI opportunity isn't better models—it's solving deployment.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/

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