Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI

Asana 收购无代码智能体构建平台 StackAI

Asana has acquired the workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million, part of a larger effort to position itself as an AI-native workplace platform. StackAI’s founders, Tony Rosinol and Bernard Aceituno, will join Asana as part of the acquisition. Asana 以 7500 万美元收购了工作流自动化公司 StackAI，这是其将自身定位为 AI 原生工作平台这一宏大战略的一部分。StackAI 的创始人 Tony Rosinol 和 Bernard Aceituno 将在收购完成后加入 Asana。

Asana framed the acquisition as part of its broader AI pivot, in which it seeks to build its platform into “the operating system for human-agent teams.” The announcement was announced Thursday afternoon to coincide with Asana’s earnings and investor call. Asana 将此次收购视为其全面转向 AI 战略的一部分，旨在将平台打造为“人机协作团队的操作系统”。该消息于周四下午发布，与 Asana 的财报及投资者电话会议同步。

Built as an AI workflow-automation system, StackAI designs agents to operate within existing business systems, pulling in data from systems like Salesforce, Slack, and Gsuite. Part of Y Combinator’s Winter ’23 cohort, the company has faced fierce competition from automation tools like Zapier as well as AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. 作为一套 AI 工作流自动化系统，StackAI 设计的智能体能够在现有的业务系统中运行，并从 Salesforce、Slack 和 Gsuite 等系统中提取数据。作为 Y Combinator 2023 年冬季创业营的一员，该公司一直面临着来自 Zapier 等自动化工具以及 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 等 AI 实验室的激烈竞争。

StackAI had raised just under $20 million, according to PitchBook data, with most of it coming in a recent $16 million Series A round. That round included funding from Gradient, Epaklon Capital, Lobby VC, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. 根据 PitchBook 的数据，StackAI 此前筹集了不到 2000 万美元的资金，其中大部分来自最近一轮 1600 万美元的 A 轮融资。该轮融资的投资者包括 Gradient、Epaklon Capital、Lobby VC 以及 Vercel 首席执行官 Guillermo Rauch。

While users are likely most familiar with Asana’s work management system, the company has released a number of AI-oriented products in recent years, most notably the AI Studio agent builder and AI Teammates series of pre-built automations. 虽然用户可能最熟悉 Asana 的工作管理系统，但该公司近年来发布了一系列面向 AI 的产品，其中最引人注目的是 AI Studio 智能体构建器和 AI Teammates 系列预构建自动化工具。

While equivalent tools are available from major labs, Asana sees its deep integration into existing corporate workflows as a key advantage, allowing it to distill context and training data that would otherwise be unavailable. 尽管各大实验室也提供类似的工具，但 Asana 认为其深度集成到现有企业工作流中的能力是一项关键优势，这使其能够提炼出原本无法获取的上下文和训练数据。

Asana has struggled on public markets during the AI era, losing more than half its market cap value since the introduction of ChatGPT — a spiral that grew worse with the departure of founder Dustin Moskovitz as CEO last March. But revenue has continued to grow steadily, and the new leadership is confident that its human-agent products will enable it to rebound. 在 AI 时代，Asana 在公开市场上表现挣扎，自 ChatGPT 发布以来，其市值已缩水超过一半——随着创始人 Dustin Moskovitz 于去年 3 月卸任 CEO，这一颓势进一步加剧。但公司的营收持续稳步增长，新领导层坚信其人机协作产品将助力公司实现反弹。

“This acquisition accelerates our roadmap and takes us into the next phase of human-agent work,” said CEO Dan Rogers in a statement. “We’re already seeing real momentum with AI Teammates and AI Studio … StackAI now lets them go further, agentifying the most complex business processes end-to-end.” “此次收购加速了我们的路线图，并将我们带入人机协作工作的下一个阶段，”首席执行官 Dan Rogers 在一份声明中表示。“我们已经看到 AI Teammates 和 AI Studio 的强劲势头……StackAI 现在让它们更进一步，能够端到端地将最复杂的业务流程‘智能体化’。”