Delightree, a company that develops an artificial intelligence-based operating system for industries with multiple points of sale (such as franchises), has raised $25 million in funding. These funds will be used to accelerate the growth of the company's team in engineering, product development, and general operations.
The investment round was led by Accel, with support from existing investors Emergent, Timber Grove Ventures, and Innovius. The Denver-based company plans to use the new capital influx to expand its AI platform and enter new vertical markets, including restaurants, fitness, wellness, retail, healthcare, and home services.
The Delightree platform integrates processes such as training, compliance, communication, audits, and new location launches. This ensures greater consistency between the central team's work across all on-site operations and uniform execution of tasks throughout the network of businesses.
Franchise businesses are actively implementing artificial intelligence to assist in various aspects of their operations, many of which rely on it to consolidate disparate processes such as training, communication, compliance, and reporting.
Since its launch just over two years ago, the Delightree platform has demonstrated rapid demand growth globally. The company reported that revenue has increased nearly twentyfold during this period, indicating a high level of product adoption by customers and overall growth.
Currently, the company's software is used in over 6,000 locations across the United States. Delightree's clients include solidcore, Dunn Brothers Coffee, JETSET, Five Star Franchising, MOOYAH Burgers, and Beem Light Sauna.
The platform replaces numerous individual systems with a single operational layer. Businesses use it to manage employee training, operational standards, communications, checks, regulatory compliance, and new site openings.
Delightree will continue to strengthen its capabilities in artificial intelligence for business automation platforms and operational management on a global scale. Future AI assistants will be able to automatically identify issues, assign tasks, track progress, and suggest improvements in operations everywhere.
The new funding will support further investments in product innovation and artificial intelligence. Delightree intends to develop new features that reduce operational complexity for growing franchise businesses. The company believes that AI can help operators open new locations faster while reducing administrative burden.
According to Delightree, clients using the platform can open locations two to three months earlier than when using traditional methods, meaning a reduction in launch times of more than 25%. Furthermore, businesses report that on-site employees free up up to 30% of their working time thanks to workflow automation and centralized operations.
Co-founder Madhulika Mukherji stated that the company's long-term goal is to provide small franchise operators access to complex operational technologies that were previously only available to large corporate chains.
The company sees significant growth opportunities in industries where millions of people work on-site. Its platform is designed to simplify the management of multi-branch businesses while increasing operational transparency.
Delightree is convinced that artificial intelligence can transform growth without the need to add additional layers of management in distributed companies. Artificial intelligence automates back-office operations while maintaining uniformity of operational standards across all business locations.
Delightree aims to strengthen partnerships with franchise brands striving for standardized operations in fast-growing global networks. The platform combines AI-based automation with workflows, significantly reducing management complexity and improving location consistency.
The company plans to use the funds to add AI-powered operational analytics for franchise owners, managers, and on-site employees. Delightree's goal is to become the operating system for multi-location enterprises implementing faster, smarter, and more efficient automation methods globally.
The implementation of enterprise software has encountered a significant hurdle. Companies are acquiring advanced artificial intelligence tools, but integrating these tools into legacy systems remains a slow, costly, and complex task. To solve this problem, the company June AI has raised $20 million in seed funding.
Deploying enterprise software is a labor-intensive and complicated process. Globally, organizations invest hundreds of billions of dollars annually in configuring, integrating, and supporting their core systems. Businesses aim to integrate models like GPT, but the presence of years of technical debt complicates the operation of such systems. There are very few seamless connections between older platforms, such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, and Salesforce, and modern cloud data infrastructure.
June AI directly addresses this implementation gap. Instead of forcing companies to hire expensive external consulting teams, the startup uses AI agents to optimize the integration process. The platform functions as an automated digital bridge, analyzing enterprise workflows and automating repetitive configuration tasks, which significantly reduces the time required for enterprise software setup.
The process at June AI begins with deep system analysis and process mining. The platform studies existing database logs to determine how business workflows are actually executed within an organization. After mapping these hidden patterns, the system identifies operational bottlenecks and automates structural changes in the software. This technology works natively in core data environments such as Databricks and Snowflake.
By mapping inter-system relationships, June AI ensures that updates in one department do not disrupt subsequent processes. The platform allows engineers working directly in the system and system integration teams to deploy enterprise AI agents with less friction and lower overall costs. The global systems integration market is expected to reach over a trillion dollars in the coming decade. As companies increase their investments in AI, automated integration will become an integral part of corporate infrastructure. Advanced foundational AI models are of little value if enterprises cannot connect them to their real-time operational data.
The founding team brought deep experience in enterprise software to solve this problem. June AI is the brainchild of CEO Ephrat Rapoport, CTO Idan Zittat, President Barak Goldstein, and Chief Architect Ohad Hen. The founders previously developed the conversational intelligence platform Bonobo AI, which Salesforce acquired in 2019. Over the past five years, they led key product and engineering teams within Salesforce, gaining firsthand experience with challenges in the enterprise sector.
They noticed that purchasing AI software is relatively simple, but implementing it into disparate user workflows is extremely difficult. June AI was created to replace manual professional services with automated software workflows, providing faster value realization for modern enterprise solution buyers. With the $20 million in new capital raised and support from leading industry figures, June AI is well-positioned to innovate in automated deployment. By eliminating technical debt and accelerating integrations, the company helps businesses move from simple AI demonstrations to fully functional automated operations.
Running a creative agency or a consulting firm is becoming increasingly difficult due to growing client demands and limited operational budgets. Leaders often cannot accurately determine if individual projects are profitable because traditional project management software fails to cope with modern workloads.
To solve this industry problem, COR raised $30 million in a Series A growth round led by FTV Capital. These funds will allow COR to advance the development of its artificial intelligence-based platform. This tool provides professional service companies with complete information on project budget, team capacity, and precise financial margins.
As AI tools are integrated into daily processes, traditional work structures are transforming: teams now combine human employees with autonomous AI-based digital assistants. COR helps business leaders smoothly adapt to these changes without losing control over net profit.
For a long time, consulting and agency firms relied on manual time tracking, which caused employee dissatisfaction and made it difficult for managers to calculate the real cost of projects in real time. Standard task management tools track operations but rarely reveal the true profit margin. When projects exceed the budget unnoticed, service companies silently lose revenue. COR eliminates this problem by completely removing manual tracking and automatically monitoring project resources.
The COR platform transforms everyday task data into understandable financial analytics. Agency leaders can finally see which clients provide real growth and which ones drain cash flow. COR offers a unified operating system for professional service enterprises that combines task management, automatic time tracking, and resource planning.
Furthermore, the system provides real-time financial analytics on a single centralized dashboard, giving leaders immediate answers about team performance. The software is particularly effective when managing modern hybrid teams. Since companies use AI agents alongside human specialists, tracking overall costs becomes complex. COR calculates the exact return on investment for both human labor hours and AI computing power. This transparency allows agency leaders to negotiate fair prices with clients while protecting healthy profit margins.
The new capital injection of $30 million will significantly accelerate product development. COR intends to integrate deeper autonomous AI capabilities into its operating platform and expand its presence into new geographical markets and adjacent service industries in the coming months.
COR was founded in 2017 by Santi Bibiloni, Jose Gettas, and Gabriel Marin and has already achieved significant global success. The company's annual revenue growth reached 51% by the end of 2025, reflecting its position in the San Francisco startup market. COR currently works with thousands of teams in 38 countries, and large corporate agencies use the platform for daily operations. FTV Capital noted this strong market momentum and provided equity capital for growth. As part of the deal, FTV Partner Alex Malvon and Principal Tommy Tai will join the COR board of directors to assist with future expansion. The core mission remains simple: COR aims to become the indispensable operating platform for every modern agency and consulting firm, helping service businesses remain healthy, competitive, and highly profitable by giving leaders full control over project economics.
The tech startup Genius AI has raised $44 million in investment to capitalize on the growing demand in the personal interaction-focused service economy. With this Series D funding round, the company's valuation reached $1.15 billion.
Venture firm Lux Capital led the round. Other investors included Bessemer Venture Partners, Imaginary Ventures, L Catterton Growth, 2048 Ventures, and StepStone Private Ventures. These funds will allow Genius AI to shift its focus from beauty booking software to autonomous artificial intelligence tools for a wider range of in-person services.
The company, formerly known as GlossGenius, was founded in 2015 by identical sisters Danielle and Leah Cohen-Shohet. They initially created GlossGenius to help salon owners, aestheticians, and spa operators manage their daily operations. Danielle independently learned programming and wrote the initial code, and over time, the software became a dominant force in the market, helping small businesses process payments, book clients, and promote their services.
The company is now changing its name to Genius AI, signifying a broader mission. As Genius AI, the platform will support all in-person professionals. It is planned for use in medical spas, physical therapy centers, fitness studios, injections, and health clinics.
The physical service economy in the United States includes about eight million businesses generating over $2 trillion in annual consumer spending. Although studies show that business owners spend nearly 36% of their working time on administrative tasks, Genius AI aims to completely eliminate this bureaucratic burden. The platform goes beyond simple assistance tools and transforms into an autonomous AI agent capable of handling complex tasks end-to-end, freeing up business owners to interact with clients.
The company demonstrates impressive growth and operational scale. Currently, the system is used by over 125,000 businesses across half of the US zip codes. Genius AI reports that its platform is approaching $200 million in annual revenue. To date, the company's tools have helped clients save over 112 million hours of administrative work. To deepen penetration into the healthcare sector, the company has added full HIPAA compliance, allowing physical therapists and clinical specialists to securely store sensitive patient data. This gives Genius AI a significant advantage over traditional tools lacking privacy protection. As artificial intelligence automates office work, human care becomes even more valuable, as skilled professionals like masseuses and trainers provide care that computer code cannot replicate. The new funding is planned to be used to expand software development and increase the engineering team.
