Convergence AI has only existed since June 2024 but already it’s raised one of Europe’s largest pre-seed rounds ever: a $12m deal led by Balderton Capital, announced last September.
Can this London-based AI agent maker beat OpenAI and Anthropic?
Fresh from raising Europe’s largest pre-seed round in 2024, Convergence AI chief talks pricing, rivals and agents’ threat to workers
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Federico Scolari is a senior intelligence analyst and data lead at Sifted. Find him on LinkedIn

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