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Sierra

Sierra sells AI agents that handle customer service and complex business workflows for large enterprises, replacing phone trees and rigid chatbots with action-capable, multilingual agents.

sierra.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·SIERRA·26
StageSeries EMay 2026 · led by Tiger Global[1][2][3][4]
Raised$1.6Bdisclosed rounds[10][1][6]
Headcount559as of May 2026[9]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2024[8][4][10]
Money

Raised $1.6B across disclosed rounds.[10][1][6]

Series E closed May 2026, led by Tiger Global.[1][2][3][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Tiger Global, GV (Google Ventures), Benchmark, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Thrive Capital, Conviction.[1][6][10]

People

Bret Taylor, Co-Founder[10]

Clay Bavor, Co-Founder[10]

Erik Zahnlecker, Product[9][15]

Faith Parisi, Sales Director[9][15]

Tim Rafferty, Regional Vice President, Enterprise Sales[9][15]

Kaila F., Head of Sales Engineering[9][15]

Signals
May 23 2026newsSierra Is Building the AI Agent Layer for the Fortune 500 — and It's Already Working — ChatFore.[14]
May 5 2026fundingAI agent startup Sierra valued at $15B in new $950M funding round - SiliconANGLE[4]
May 4 2026newsWhy We’re Investing in Sierra: The Future of Enterprise Agents[3]
May 4 2026newsBetter customer experiences. Built on Sierra - Sierra AI company claim, not independently confirmed[13]
Apr 6 2026launchSierra hits $100M ARR in seven quarters and launches GhostWriter — an agent for building agents.[12]
Comps

Decagon · decagon.ai · Named directly alongside Sierra as an alternative in the Adaptation AI independent analysis piece, framed as the primary head-to-head choice for buyers weighing Sierra against alternatives for enterprise AI customer service agents.[16]

Salesforce (Agentforce) · salesforce.com · Named in independent analyst coverage (GTMLens, TopReviewed) as the incumbent platform threat to Sierra — same enterprise buyer, same CX workflow, and a direct substitute for companies already on Salesforce Service Cloud.[18][19]

Intercom · intercom.com · Listed as a Sierra alternative in the CBInsights competitors page; same buyer (CX/support budget owner), same channel (chat), and same deflection-first use case.[17]

Zendesk · zendesk.com · Listed as a Sierra alternative in the CBInsights competitors page; same enterprise CX buyer and same support-ticket-resolution workflow that Sierra targets for displacement.[17]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[13]

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Sierra sells AI agents that handle customer service and complex business workflows for large enterprises, replacing phone trees and rigid chatbots with action-capable, multilingual agents.

sierra.ai · San Francisco

StageSeries E
Raised$1.6B
Headcount559
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2024
CompsDecagon +3

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