Zeta Labs, an AI research and product company developing autonomous agents capable of efficiently performing complex and multi-step tasks, today announced the raise of its $2.9 million pre-seed round and the debut of its large language model (LLM)-based proprietary autonomous AI agent, JACE. The round was led by Daniel Gross, former head of AI at Y Combinator, and Nat Friedman, former Github CEO, with participation from Earlybird VC and Kaya VC as well as AI Grant, Shawn (swyx) Wang, Bartek Pucek and Mati Staniszewski, founder of ElevenLabs. Zeta Labs will use the funding to expand its engineering team, host training models, and enhance JACE's overall infrastructure, improving its speed and reliability.

Founded in 2024 by Fryderyk Wiatrowski and Peter Albert, Zeta Labs is an AI research and product lab dedicated to the art of possibility and the pursuit of significance. Their mission is to develop technologies that clear the path for humanity to engage with what truly matters. They are the creators of JACE, a proprietary AI agent based on large language models (LLMs) that is able to control and perform actions in the browser, like a human user would, and excels in managing interactive and complex tasks that require web interaction, automation, and direct communication functionalities. Engineered to navigate and utilize digital tools, JACE offers tangible assistance in a wide array of tasks, from routine activities like making a restaurant reservation to complex projects such as managing recruitment pipelines or launching businesses. JACE's capability to complete cognitively-complex, multi-step tasks represents a significant advancement in AI capabilities. In 2024, the Zeta Labs team utilized this autonomous AI agent to establish the world's first AI-created company.