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    ZenzapAI workplace messagingFunding & Deals

    Zenzap secures $30 million Series A for AI workplace messaging

    Lightspeed says it led Zenzap’s $30 million Series A alongside Bessemer. Zenzap embeds configurable AI agents in workplace group chats for jobs such as coordinating staff and drafting invoices, with administrator controls and approvals. Investor-reported usage and adoption are claims, and the $44 million cited in reporting is cumulative funding, not the new round size.

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