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London-based
CodeWords, an AI automation platform, has raised $9 million in a seed round led
by Visionaries, with participation from firstminute capital, Sequel, and
Illusian. The round also included a group of angel investors and industry
leaders such as Andrey Khusid (CEO of Miro), Mati Staniszewski (CEO of
ElevenLabs), Hanno Renner (CEO of Personio), Robert Gentz (CEO of Zalando),
Ilkka Paananen (CEO of Supercell), Alexandre Berriche (Founder of Fleet),
Kieran Flanangan (CMO at Hubspot), and François Chollet (Co-founder of the ARC
Prize), along with leaders at OpenAI, Mistral, n8n, and Zapier.
CodeWords is
built around Cody, an AI agent designed to learn how a business operates and
proactively build and run automations across tools and workflows. Rather than
requiring manual input or technical setup, the platform enables non-technical
users to automate tasks such as deal flow monitoring, content creation, and
lead generation across multiple integrations.
The system operates entirely on
CodeWords’ infrastructure, handling deployment, maintenance, and execution.
The company
originally started as an AI research lab under the name Agemo, focusing on
neurosymbolic reasoning. Following early research recognition, the founders
pivoted toward building a practical product aimed at simplifying automation for
everyday business users.
CodeWords has since moved into beta and continues to
expand its capabilities, including contextual memory, messaging integrations,
and adaptive execution modes.
The best
operators don’t wait to be asked. We built Cody on the same principle – an
agent that learns about your business, sees what needs doing, and delivers
outcomes,
said Aymeric Zhuo, co-founder of CodeWords.
With the new
funding, CodeWords plans to scale its platform and further develop its AI
agent, aiming to make automation more accessible and enable businesses without
dedicated technical resources to operate more efficiently.