Trace, a San Francisco, CA–based workflow orchestration startup, has raised $3 million in Seed funding.
Investors
The round was led by Y Combinator, with participation from Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, WeFunder, and angel investors Benjamin Bryant and Kevin Moore.
Y Combinator (YC) is a technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded in March 2005. YC runs an intensive, three-month program twice a year, providing accepted startups with $500,000 in standardized Seed funding along with hands-on mentorship to help them achieve product–market fit and rapid growth.
Trace Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to enhance its AI workflow orchestration platform, build deeper context-graph engineering capabilities, expand its product and engineering teams, and scale adoption of AI agents in enterprise workflows.
About Trace
Founded by Tim Cherkasov and Artur Romanov, Trace is an AI-native workflow orchestration platform designed to automate repetitive business processes by coordinating tasks between human teams and AI agents. The company maps complex corporate environments to provide AI agents with the context they need to execute tasks efficiently. By integrating with tools like Slack, email, and Airtable, Trace allows enterprises to assign high-level tasks, automatically delegating subtasks to AI or human team members.
Funding Details
Company: Trace
Raised: $3.0M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: February 2026
Lead Investor: Y Combinator
Additional Investors: Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform Management, Goodwater Capital, Formosa Capital, WeFunder, Benjamin Bryant, Kevin Moore
Company Website: https://www.trace.so/
Software Category: Enterprise AI / AI Agent Workflow Orchestration
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/