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Champ AI

Category: AI Agents

AI-native operations platform that automates complex enterprise back-office workflows using AI agents across browser, document, and voice modalities. Champ AI was founded in 2025. The company is led by Jagannath Putrevu. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $8.5M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Redpoint Ventures, defy.vc, SV Angel, Max Mullen (Instacart co-founder), JJ Zhuang.

Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Total funding
$8.5M

Value proposition

AI agents that work like your best employees — automating browser tasks, document processing, and phone-based workflows end-to-end, enabling enterprises to scale operations without adding headcount.

Products and solutions

Champ AI Operations Platform: Browser Agent (navigates multi-step workflows in legacy portals, handles auth/2FA/captchas), Document Intelligence (smart document processing, data extraction, cross-referencing, auto-form filling), Voice AI (AI voice agents for outbound calls, verification, notifications, structured response capture), SOP-to-Agent conversion (turns standard operating procedures into AI agents)

Unique value

Combines workflow discovery with multimodal AI agent execution (browser + document + voice) in a single platform; AI-native (not legacy RPA); 95%+ accuracy on complex SOPs; go-live in weeks not months; 4-10x ROI on operational spend

Target customer

Enterprise operations teams in healthcare, finance/insurance, logistics, marketplaces/e-commerce, and payroll/HR

Industries served

Healthcare, Finance/Insurance, Logistics, Marketplaces/E-commerce, Payroll/HR

Technology advantage

AI agents that reason, self-heal, and handle exceptions (vs. brittle recorded bots); multimodal orchestration across browser, document, and voice; SOP-to-agent conversion; built by team that operationalized AI at Instacart scale (Series B to IPO, 1M+ daily orders, 4,000+ retailers)

How they differentiate

AI-native architecture vs. legacy RPA (UiPath, Automation Anywhere); multimodal agents covering browser, document, AND voice in one platform; founded by ex-Instacart engineers who scaled AI systems supporting 1M+ daily orders; self-serve AI copilot for non-technical teams; workflow discovery + execution in a single system

Main competitors

UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate

Notable customers

Instacart, Arena Club (sports card marketplace), Poplin (laundry service), Shef (food marketplace), Plane (HR/payroll platform), Shipwire (fulfillment/logistics)

Major milestones

Founded 2025 by ex-Instacart engineers, emerged from stealth May 2026 with $8.5M seed led by Redpoint Ventures, 10+ paying customers at launch across logistics, healthcare, and e-commerce

Growth metrics

10+ paying customers at launch; Arena Club reported 30% card-processing speed improvement

Market positioning

Early-stage AI-native competitor to legacy RPA incumbents (UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate) and emerging AI-agent startups in the enterprise back-office automation space

Geographic focus

United States (San Francisco-based, targeting US enterprises)

About Jagannath Putrevu

Ex-Principal Engineer at Instacart (led ML strategy, logistics, fulfillment); Ex-ML Engineer at Walmart (Sponsored Products ads); M.S. Operations Research from Georgia Tech; B.S. Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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