Lyzr, a startup building enterprise AI agents, used its own AI agent, SivaClaw, to raise a $100 million Series B round, handling investor interactions and deal memos without founder travel.
Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product actually works.
# An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise | TechCrunch
Source: [https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise/](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/an-ai-agent-startup-just-let-its-agent-run-its-100-million-fundraise/)
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3:08 PM PDT · July 9, 2026
**Image Credits:**ChatGPT for TechCrunchThere’s something almost too meta about this one,[via Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-09/a-startup-that-builds-ai-agents-used-one-to-raise-100-million?embedded-checkout=true)\. Lyzr, a three\-year\-old, Jersey City, New Jersey, startup that helps enterprises build AI agents, used its own AI agent to raise its own round\. The system, SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos, and even tracked which slides backers lingered on\.
It basically ran point on the startup’s $100 million Series B \(at a roughly $500 million valuation\) while proving that the product actually works\. It’s hard to imagine a cleaner sales pitch\.
But the most telling detail, per Bloomberg’s retelling, is how little legwork was involved\. Lyzr told the outlet it pulled in $400 million in interest from Silicon Valley, the Middle East, and financial\-sector investors without a founder ever needing to fly out and do the traditional laps up and down Sand Hill Road for coffee meetings and warm intros\. That may be the real story of this go\-go moment: there’s so much capital chasing AI bets that startup founders with traction barely have to leave their desks to raise nine figures\.
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