Gumloop

Founded in 2023.

Gumloop began in 2023 as a side project in Vancouver, Canada, started by two co-founders building for a Discord community that wanted to use AI to automate work. The company later described this as the origin of the product.

Gumloop published an early guide on preparing for a Y Combinator interview, reflecting that the company was already operating publicly before its later funding announcements. This is not a major milestone by itself, so it is excluded from the timeline.

Gumloop published a product origin story describing how the company evolved from an autonomous-agent wrapper into a step-by-step AI automation platform. The post indicates the product direction had already materially shifted by mid-2024.

Gumloop announced a $3.1 million seed round led by First Round Capital, with participation from Y Combinator and several angels and funds. The company said the capital would support continued product development.

In the seed-round announcement, Gumloop stated that it was being run by two technical co-founders and that the company had stayed extremely lean. This confirms the founding leadership structure at that time.

Gumloop said it had been working with users from a Discord community and had grown into an AI automation platform used by businesses daily. The post also stated the founders had met at McGill University and later reconnected in Vancouver.

BetaKit reported that Vancouver-based Gumloop raised a $3.1 million seed round to grow its no-code AI automation tool. The reporting corroborated the company’s seed financing milestone from the prior day.

Gumloop launched its Creators program, an affiliate/referral initiative that allows users to earn recurring revenue for referrals. The company described it as an official launch.

Gumloop published an official "Learn about Gumloop" page describing the platform as a no-code tool for automating complex work with AI. This reflects the company’s public product positioning at that point.

$17M Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners in Jan 2025 plus $3.1M seed.

Gumloop announced a $17 million Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from First Round Capital, Y Combinator, and several angels. The company said this brought total funding to $20 million.

In its Series A announcement, Gumloop said it was still operating with only two founders and had not hired full-time staff yet. The post identifies the company as being led by its co-founders during the financing event.

Gumloop announced a partnership with Apollo to help users automate sales intelligence at scale. This is a direct product partnership announcement from the company.

Gumloop later announced a $50 million Series B led by Benchmark. The announcement also noted participation from Nexus Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Box Group, The Cannon Project, and Shopify Ventures.

Gumloop announced it was partnering with Fireworks AI to bring open-weight AI models to users building AI agents on the platform. The post framed the collaboration as a product and infrastructure partnership.