Decagon Valued at $4.5 Billion With $250 Million Round

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Decagon&comma; a provider of conversational AI agents for concierge customer experiences&comma; has announced &dollar;250 million in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;http&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fdecagon&period;ai&percnt;2Fresources&percnt;2Fseries-d-announcement&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54406131&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20260128580542&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Series&plus;D&plus;funding&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;55d37c9cdf9036310d5290f03d879062" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Series D funding<&sol;a>&comma; led by new investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures&comma; with participation from new investors ChemistryVC&comma; Definition Capital&comma; and Starwood Capital&comma; and continued support from existing investors including a16z&comma; A&ast;&comma; Accel&comma; Avra&comma; Bain Capital Ventures&comma; Elad Gil&comma; T&period;Capital&comma; Forerunner&comma; and Ribbit Capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The round triples Decagon’s valuation in just six months to &dollar;4&period;5 billion&comma; and comes on the heels of a fast-growing 2025 during which the company signed more than 100 new enterprise customers and rapidly expanded deployment across global consumer-facing industries including travel and hospitality&comma; financial services&comma; health and wellness&comma; and online retail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This fast growth and large capital investment are both testaments to why our fundamentally different concierge approach to product is winning the market over and disrupting the outdated incumbent strategies&comma;” said Jesse Zhang&comma; CEO and Co-Founder of Decagon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We believe every customer deserves concierge treatment&comma;” said Zhang and Ashwin Sreenivas&comma; Decagon’s cofounders&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And every business deserves the technology to make it possible&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Decagon is helping redefine how businesses engage with their customers&comma;” said Lucas Swisher&comma; General Partner at Coatue Management&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As AI unlocks hyperscale commerce&comma; Decagon is enabling concierge-level interactions at scale&period; That’s why many trusted and innovative companies are choosing Decagon to modernize their customer experience&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re investing in Jesse and Ashwin because they’re reimagining customer experience from first principles — treating it as something to be designed with taste&comma; intention&comma; and delight&comma;” says Sofia Dolfe&comma; Partner at Index Ventures&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They’re building the early future of what’s next&comma; even when the present feels locked in&period; We’ve seen how powerful that mindset can be before&comma; from Figma to Robinhood&period; And once again&comma; what seems like the foregone conclusion isn’t&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Decagon already powers AI concierge experiences for leading consumer and enterprise brands across daily life&comma; including&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"bwlistdisc">&NewLine;<li>Travel &amp&semi; hospitality&colon; Avis and Budget&comma; Hertz&comma; Away Travel&comma; Kindred rentals&comma; Easy Park&comma; Contiki group tours&comma; and Duolingo language learning<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Financial services&colon; Block&comma; Affirm&comma; Chime&comma; Varo Bank&comma; Betterment&comma; Carry&comma; Wealthsimple&comma; Bilt&comma; Figure Lending&comma; and Monarch Money<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Health &amp&semi; wellness&colon; Oura Health&comma; Noom&comma; Nourish&comma; ClassPass&comma; SimplePractice&comma; Spring Health&comma; Brightside Health&comma; and Eight Sleep<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Retail &amp&semi; consumer&colon; Mercado Libre&comma; Hunter Douglas&comma; 1-800-FLOWERS&period;COM&comma; Ritual Cosmetics&comma; Quince&comma; Fi Smart Collar&comma; and Curology<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Commerce &amp&semi; connectivity&colon; Deutsche Telekom&comma; Grubhub&comma; GoPuff&comma; Fanatics Collective&comma; Little Spoon&comma; Misfits Market&comma; and Flashfood<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At Avis Budget Group&comma; earning customer trust at scale demands operational excellence and a willingness to rethink how service is delivered&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Brian Choi&comma; CEO of Avis Budget&period; &&num;8220&semi;With Decagon&comma; we’re moving customer engagement from reactive service to intelligent&comma; concierge-led experiences that empower our frontline teams to resolve issues faster and more effectively&period; As AI becomes foundational to modern commerce&comma; partnerships like this ensure innovation translates into meaningful outcomes for our customers and our brands&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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