Evos bags $9M to build autonomous workers that learn from companies’ most experienced humans

Startup Evos has secured $9 million in pre-seed funding to develop artificial intelligence-based automation for smaller businesses. The round was led by Uncork Capital, Field Ventures, and Crosslink Capital, with additional investments from Utopia Capital Management, Sandwith Ventures, and several anonymous angel investors. Evos, also known as Evolutionary Operating System Inc., is creating an agentic operations platform that enables companies to build autonomous operators for various industries, including manufacturing, freight, and logistics.

These AI agents are designed to assist workers but learn from the people they're designed to help. Founder and CEO Urav Shah emphasized that the goal is not to replace humans but to help businesses address labor challenges by transferring knowledge from experienced employees to autonomous operators. The platform, called Workhorse, focuses on capturing and automating the knowledge held by long-tenured workers who possess critical expertise in their respective fields.

Unlike other AI tools, Evos' agents begin by observing tasks and gradually build expertise through human oversight before becoming fully autonomous. Shah explained that this approach ensures the autonomous operators learn and improve before taking on real-world responsibilities. Early adopters, such as the freight operator MyFreightWorld, have seen significant improvements in efficiency, with Evos' agents completing complex tasks like auditing invoices with high accuracy.

The company reported over $1 million in annual recurring revenue and plans to make the Workhorse platform generally available later this year, using the new funding to expand its reach and teams.