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To understand the new wave of tech companies building in New York, it helps to start by looking further East. "25% of my EMEA portfolio has relocated a founder to New York," Accel's Andrei Brasoveanu says. "I anticipate that number doubling in the next 12 months." But it's not just European expansion. Our new research with True Search reveals that accelerating growth in New York's homegrown B2B tech industry has also reached an inflection point. That combination has increased demand in the labor pool so quickly that our research shows talent from more traditionally New York industries like finance, consulting, and media pivoting to B2B tech en masse. Our new report documents New York's new B2B tech economy, and how ambitious founders and operators like Alexander Rinke, Greg Foster, Katie Burke, Marc Kinast, Nicolas Orban, and Yotam Segev are building and succeeding there. It also features insights from longtime New York founders Anthony Casalena and Dennis Crowley alongside data from True Search, and advice from Accel's Paula Judge and Andrei Brasoveanu on what founders considering building in or expanding to New York need to know. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ePyqj53Y

I had the pleasure of sitting down with n8n's Jan Oberhauser to discuss all things AI and the future of n8n. One thing that always sticks out to me is Jan's humility, clarity of thought, and his honesty about tradeoffs. With n8n, he wanted to build an automation tool that would get teams 100% of the way there, not just 80%. This means a steeper learning curve than no-code options, but greater flexibility and power. We discussed why he thinks this learning curve is worth it, why he believes n8n can be “the Excel of AI,” and why he went from wondering if AI might be n8n’s “demise” to reshaping the platform around it. Listen to the whole conversation on Accel’s Spotlight On:  https://lnkd.in/g3MrQ--J

We're delighted to partner with repeat founders Christian Owens and Alex Loizou who previously founded Paddle and Trouva respectively. Christian and Alex are building Clove (clove.com) - the wealth management service of the future. We were impressed by their passion and the unique insights they had developed around how to offer approachable, human financial advice that is supercharged by AI. We’re looking forward to backing their vision as they seek to create a new kind of financial institution. Read more from Matt Robinson here: https://lnkd.in/ePDkMJHn

Posha has been named in TIME Magazine’s prestigious list of The Best Inventions of 2025. Emma Barker Bonomo, Editorial Director, TIME, writes, “AI is finally doing a job many people wish it would take: cooking dinner.” To us, the feature signals something big: physical AI is redefining fundamental aspects of how we live and shaping products that make our daily lives richer and more convenient than ever before. From the earliest days of partnering with Raghav Gupta and Rohin Malhotra, we’ve witnessed their vision and persistence to bring radical innovation to kitchens—transforming everyday cooking into a delightful experience. Congratulations to the incredible Posha team on the feature as they continue their journey of reimagining everyday life through technology. #AccelFamily Read on: https://lnkd.in/gE5ci9Br  

“Why do I spend most of my time implementing things that others have already done, and that are not very joyful to do?” It’s the question that inspired Jan Oberhauser to build n8n. Now, thousands of enterprise customers and hundreds of thousands of developers use the German workflow automation platform to make work more efficient, productive, and yes, joyful. Ahead of the announcement that Accel led n8n’s Series C, Ben Fletcher joined Jan in Berlin to record a bonus episode of Spotlight On, and to talk about what’s next for n8n. In this episode, they discuss: ➡️ The choices that kept n8n’s developer community loyal while expanding into enterprise ➡️ Reimagining product strategy for the LLM era ➡️ Why n8n wants to be the “Excel of AI” You can watch the whole episode here: https://lnkd.in/ezk4bTJW

Agents promise to relieve our lives from drudgery and nuisance. But browser infrastructure as it is today keeps that promise from becoming reality by making everything a fight to work. That’s where Kernel (YC S25) comes in. Kernel is a browser-as-a-service API that lets agents use the internet like people do. Kernel’s incredibly fast—spinning up browsers in milliseconds—and ships with live-views and replays so users can see what their agent does and take control when needed. Most notably, Kernel is the first to launch an authentication platform that lets consumers grant agents specific, controlled permissions on their behalf. Today, we've announced that we've led Kernel's Series A, because we believe that co-founders Catherine Jue and Rafael Garcia are the perfect team to build the best browser infrastructure for agents. Read more from Dan Levine here: https://lnkd.in/en4z4C2D

I’m thrilled to announce that Kernel (YC S25) has raised $22M in Seed + Series A funding, led by Accel, to scale our browser infrastructure platform for AI agents. We're also grateful to have the support of Y Combinator, Cintrifuse Capital, Vercel Ventures, Refinery Ventures, SV Angel, and angel investors who’ve built some of the most important developer platforms of the past decade: Paul Graham (YC), David Cramer (Sentry), Solomon Hykes (Docker), Zach Sims (Codecademy), and Charlie Marsh (Astral). = The reason to build Kernel has always been clear. LLMs can automate nearly any workflow on the internet, but browsers — the critical interface to that work — are fragile, hard to scale, and expensive to run. Kernel solves this. We provide browsers-as-a-service so AI agents can use the internet the same way people do. Our edge is our ability to deliver reliable browsers that spin up in milliseconds, persist state across workflows, and gracefully support human-in-the-loop interactions. Companies like Cash App, Rye, and countless YC start-ups are already running production workloads on Kernel. = As part of this announcement, I’m excited to share Kernel Agent Authentication — an identity and permissions layer that lets developers safely authorize agents to take actions on real user accounts, with full auditability and scope control. This makes it possible for sanctioned AI agents to operate in production environments with the same security guarantees as any other trusted system component. We’ll be announcing partnerships soon as we bring more platforms, identity providers, and developers into the ecosystem. These are all steps toward our broader vision of making Kernel the OS-level infrastructure platform where sanctioned AI agents can securely interact with the web, and we're just getting started. Come join us! = 👉 Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/e3tBy7ni 🫆 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eBGbZspp 🙋🏻♀️ And we’re hiring! We’d love to hear from you! https://lnkd.in/epV3FriM

I’m thrilled to announce that Kernel (YC S25) has raised $22M in Seed + Series A funding, led by Accel, to scale our browser infrastructure platform for AI agents. We're also grateful to have the support of Y Combinator, Cintrifuse Capital, Vercel Ventures, Refinery Ventures, SV Angel, and angel investors who’ve built some of the most important developer platforms of the past decade: Paul Graham (YC), David Cramer (Sentry), Solomon Hykes (Docker), Zach Sims (Codecademy), and Charlie Marsh (Astral). = The reason to build Kernel has always been clear. LLMs can automate nearly any workflow on the internet, but browsers — the critical interface to that work — are fragile, hard to scale, and expensive to run. Kernel solves this. We provide browsers-as-a-service so AI agents can use the internet the same way people do. Our edge is our ability to deliver reliable browsers that spin up in milliseconds, persist state across workflows, and gracefully support human-in-the-loop interactions. Companies like Cash App, Rye, and countless YC start-ups are already running production workloads on Kernel. = As part of this announcement, I’m excited to share Kernel Agent Authentication — an identity and permissions layer that lets developers safely authorize agents to take actions on real user accounts, with full auditability and scope control. This makes it possible for sanctioned AI agents to operate in production environments with the same security guarantees as any other trusted system component. We’ll be announcing partnerships soon as we bring more platforms, identity providers, and developers into the ecosystem. These are all steps toward our broader vision of making Kernel the OS-level infrastructure platform where sanctioned AI agents can securely interact with the web, and we're just getting started. Come join us! = 👉 Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/e3tBy7ni 🫆 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eBGbZspp 🙋🏻♀️ And we’re hiring! We’d love to hear from you! https://lnkd.in/epV3FriM

Today, we’re pleased to announce that Accel has led the Series C in n8n's AI-native workflow automation platform.  Agents have become an increasingly central part of how work happens, and n8n has built the critical layer responsible for orchestrating that work across functions, actions, and agents. Read more about our investment in n8n via Ben Fletcher and Rich Wong here: https://lnkd.in/e9hK37aj And to Jan Oberhauser and the whole n8n team – welcome to the Accel family!

We're excited to announce that Gem is now an official Workday Innovation Partner! 🤝 Workday customers can extend their ATS with all that Gem offers — AI-powered sourcing, CRM, application review, scheduling, and analytics — to help recruiters make great hires faster. It's why leading Workday customers like CarMax, Zillow, and Cushman & Wakefield trust Gem to boost recruiter productivity by 5x. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eXs7rxnP