Laiye
Beijing, CN · 464 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors
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Laiye offers a Work Execution Platform that lets government and enterprise clients build LLM-driven digital workforces, combining RPA, conversational AI, and intelligent document processing to automate business processes. The company provides AI agents ("digital workers") intended to handle repetitive tasks and support human employees.
Founders & leadership
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Yichuan HuinCofounder & CTOYichuan Hu holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has published research in statistical signal processing and natural language processing. He is the founder of Laiye, a work execution platform that combines RPA, conversational AI, and intelligent document processing to automate business processes.
Investors · 12
Cathay Innovation✓ verifiedParis · $5M – $40M
DCP Capital✓ verifiedCamana Bay, Grand Cayman
Lightspeed Venture Partners✓ verifiedMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M
Sequoia Capital✓ verifiedMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
Wu Capital✓ verified
ZhenFund✓ verifiedBeijing · $425K – $28M
Activant CapitalNew York · $100K – $50M
Lightspeed China PartnersreportedShanghai
Also in the syndicate · 4
Hopu MagnolialeadLightspeed ChinaVMS GroupYoushan Capital
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$160M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2021–2022
- $160MSeries CApr 2022 · 4 sources
Hopu Magnolia (lead), Cathay Innovation, Lightspeed China, Lightspeed China Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, VMS Group, Youshan Capital
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries C+Apr 2021 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 4
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Netezza30 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Firefox,22 shared keywordsMozilla is a global community organization that develops and maintains open-source internet infrastructure, including the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client, while advocating for internet openness, privacy, and user control. The organization also invests in responsible technology startups and creates open-source AI tools for developers.
Blue Prism21 shared keywordsSS&C Blue Prism provides an agentic automation platform that combines AI, RPA, orchestration, and process mining to help large enterprises automate complex workflows with built-in governance and security. The platform is designed for highly regulated industries including financial services, healthcare, insurance, and manufacturing.
Automation Anywhere20 shared keywordsAutomation Anywhere provides robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent document processing (IDP), and agentic automation solutions for enterprise customers. The platform helps organizations automate business processes and document workflows.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Laiye do?
- Laiye offers a Work Execution Platform that lets government and enterprise clients build LLM-driven digital workforces, combining RPA, conversational AI, and intelligent document processing to automate business processes. The company provides AI agents ("digital workers") intended to handle repetitive tasks and support human employees.
- Who founded Laiye?
- Laiye was founded by Yichuan Hu.
- Who are Laiye's investors?
- Laiye's investors include Cathay Innovation, DCP Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Wu Capital, ZhenFund, Activant Capital, Lightspeed China Partners.
- How much funding has Laiye raised?
- Laiye has disclosed $160M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Laiye headquartered?
- Laiye is headquartered in Beijing, CN.