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Sola funding, valuation and investors
AI-native process automation where business users record workflows to deploy agents.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series A
$17.5M · August 2025
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$21M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · New York, NY
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Andreessen Horowitz
Overview
Sola (Sola Solutions) is an AI-native robotic process automation platform founded in 2023 in New York by MIT dropouts Jessica Wu and CEO Neil Deshmukh. Business users record screen-based workflows; Sola converts them into adaptable AI agents for tasks like portal data extraction, compliance checks, and logistics paperwork. Customers include Morgan & Morgan, AllyLogistics, Firstbase, and Kintsugi per press coverage. The company raised a $3.5M seed led by Sarah Guo's Conviction in 2023 and a $17.5M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in August 2025, totaling $21M. Sola reports 5x revenue growth and doubling workflow volume month-over-month entering the Series A.
Why Sola is interesting
MIT dropouts Jessica Wu and Neil Deshmukh built screen-recording-to-agent automation — a16z led $17.5M Series A as revenue grew 5x in 2025.
Product & use cases
Sola provides a visual, no-code interface where operators record desktop workflows and deploy AI agents that adapt when UIs change — targeting logistics, legal, and healthcare back-office teams.
- Pulling shipment data from carrier portals in logistics
- Automating compliance document processing for law firms
- Replacing BPO data-entry teams with maintained agents
Key facts
- Series A (Aug 2025): $17.5M led by a16z; $21M total raised (Fortune, Sola announcement)
- Seed (2023): $3.5M led by Conviction; Y Combinator participated
- Founders Jessica Wu and Neil Deshmukh dropped out of MIT to start Sola
- Customers include Morgan & Morgan, AllyLogistics (SiliconANGLE)
Funding history (newest first)
Series A
2025-08 $17.5MSeed
2023 $3.5M- Conviction (lead)
Source: https://fortune.com/2025/08/14/sola-solutions-ai-startup-raised-21-million-andreessen-sarah-guo/
Investors in our directory
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Screen-recording onboarding lets non-technical staff build agents in days — faster time-to-value than traditional RPA scripting.
Enterprise RPA incumbents own large accounts but move slowly on AI agents. Sola's risk is UI-change fragility and competition from foundation models with native computer use — speed of customer ROI proof matters.
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UiPath incumbent
Enterprise RPA leader; heavier IT deployment cycles.
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Microsoft Power Automate incumbent
Bundled with Microsoft 365; less AI-native agent positioning.
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Anthropic / computer-use agents adjacent
Emerging general computer-use models; less vertical workflow recording.
Notable stories
- Kimberly Tan at a16z led Sola's Series A after Wu and Deshmukh dropped out of MIT with a clear thesis: business users, not developers, must own agent creation (Fortune, Aug 2025).
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