Delos
Category: AI Agents
French startup building autonomous "AI Workers" (AI employees) that act as virtual colleagues handling complex business processes end-to-end. Delos was founded in 2023. The company is led by Pierre de la Grand'rive. Based in Paris, France. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $14.4M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include 20VC, Bpifrance, C4 Ventures, Founders Future, Inovia, Kima Ventures.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $14.4M
Value proposition
Delos provides autonomous "AI Workers" — virtual employees with a name, role, specialization, email, phone number, cloud computer and long-term memory — that can plan, execute and follow up on complex business missions end-to-end (sales prospecting, CRM management, back-office, phone calls) without constant human supervision, integrating with existing IT systems.
Products and solutions
Delos Platform (15+ AI apps: Docs, Recap meeting summaries, Translate, CVN "Living Computer"), AI Workers (autonomous employees across verticals — sales, marketing, HR, finance, developer, design agents), integrations with Slack, Teams and 3000+ tools, on-premise/sovereign deployment.
Unique value
Moves beyond chatbots and task-level AI agents to full "AI employees" that act as real colleagues, self-configure and handle complete business processes, with sovereign EU hosting and on-premise deployment options for sensitive sectors.
Target customer
ETIs (mid-size companies), large accounts and SMEs; customers include TotalEnergies, MeilleurTaux, Icade, Cuisines Schmidt.
Industries served
Sales/commercial, back-office, procurement, finance, HR, marketing, operations, sensitive sectors (finance, industry, healthcare) via sovereign/on-premise deployment.
Technology advantage
Autonomous AI Workers with full professional environment (email, phone, cloud computer, long-term memory) capable of end-to-end business processes; LLMs deployed entirely within the EU for data sovereignty; no data used for AI training; robust encryption and third-party audits; on-premise deployment for sensitive sectors.
How they differentiate
Unlike task-level AI agents, Delos Workers are autonomous "employees" with full professional environments (email, phone, cloud computer, long-term memory) that self-configure and handle complete business processes end-to-end, with EU-sovereign data hosting and on-premise options.
Main competitors
Emergence (autonomous multi-agent AI workers), other agentic AI / AI employee platforms (e.g., Dust, various AI agent startups)
Key partnerships
Integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams and 3000+ tools, sovereign hosting partners, Bpifrance backing.
Notable customers
TotalEnergies, MeilleurTaux, Icade, Cuisines Schmidt
Major milestones
Founded 2023, launched AI workspace platform, April 2025 raised $2.5M seed led by 20VC, launched AI Workers product (~4 months old), grew ARR from €2.5M to €5M in one quarter, 300+ customers and 2,000 AI workers deployed, Sept 2026 raised €10M Series A led by Bpifrance, C4 Ventures, Founders Future, secured two US tech contracts.
Growth metrics
ARR grew from €2.5M to €5M in 3 months (targeting €10M by end of 2026); 300+ customers; 2,000 AI workers deployed; 40 human employees + 30 AI collaborators.
Market positioning
Positioning as a European sovereign champion of agentic AI, moving from AI-as-tool to AI-as-colleague; targeting US expansion after securing two US tech contracts.
Geographic focus
France and Europe; expanding to the United States
About Pierre de la Grand'rive
École Polytechnique (X16) engineering graduate; co-founded Delos Intelligence (GenAI services/consulting agency) before Delos.
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Official website: https://delos.so