Sierra Scores $950 Million, Valued at $15 Billion

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Sierra&comma; a company that helps build AI platforms for businesses&comma; has raised &dollar;900 million at a valuation of over &dollar;15 billion&period; The round was led by Tiger Global and GV &lpar;formerly Google Ventures&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sierra was co-founded by Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor&comma; who first met while working together at Google&period; Taylor is also Chair of Open AI&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taylor says Sierra is serving over 40&percnt; of the Fortune 50&comma; and agents built on the platform are powering billions of customer interactions — everything from refinancing homes to processing insurance claims&comma; returning orders&comma; and helping people raise millions in fundraisers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company has offices in <span class&equals;"text-green-350">New York<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Atlanta<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">London<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Singapore<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Tokyo<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Paris<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Madrid<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"text-green-350">Toronto<&sol;span>&comma; and <span class&equals;"text-green-350">San Francisco&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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