The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from 359 Capital, General Catalyst, Valor Equity, Common Metal, Makers Fund, Collaborative Fund, Arcadia, and SV Angel. Former Discord VP of Product Sergei Sorokin joins the company as CEO to lead its mission of building the collective intelligence layer for the agentic age. Highlight aims to eliminate the growing "coordination tax," the time, effort, and cognitive load required to keep teams aligned, which research suggests can consume up to 24 hours per employee each week.

Highlight is the shared intelligence layer for the next era of work. While traditional AI creates individual silos, Highlight builds a shared team brain that captures high-fidelity context across every employee and tool in your stack. By operating as a layer above apps like Slack, Zoom, Linear, and Claude Code, Highlight eliminates the manual burden of information routing. It moves teams from manual prompting to proactive assistance; automatically drafting follow-ups, syncing documentation, and orchestrating tasks across platforms before they are even requested.