Ema Universal AI Employee
Ema’s platform lets enterprises conversationally build and deploy what it calls Universal AI Employees, systems that coordinate multiple AI agents to complete multi-step processes across HR, IT and finance, with human oversight for critical decisions.Pricing is tied to task completion and business outcomes rather than software seats or AI tokens. The company reports more than […]
Hermes Agent
Hermes Agent is an open-source autonomous AI agent built by Nous Research and released in February 2026, MIT licensed, with documentation at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com. Nous estimates it has been cloned more than 24 million times and drives roughly 2.5% of global AI token usage; those are company estimates.In October 2026 Nous launched Hermes for Businesses, which […]
Manus Agent
Manus is an AI agent product from Butterfly Effect. According to TechCrunch it includes a chatbot and vibe-coding tools for building apps and websites, plus design and presentation creation and video generation. It recently launched Manus 2.0, with a new architecture and products built around a new harness.Cue, a standalone app, gives agents their own […]
Ema
Ema is a Mountain View company founded in 2023 by Surojit Chatterjee and Souvik Sen, formerly of Okta. It builds what it calls AI employees, systems that coordinate multiple AI agents to automate multi-step processes across HR, IT and finance inside a company’s existing applications, with about 200 employees and offices in Bengaluru, London and […]
Nous Research
Nous Research develops Hermes Agent, an open-source AI agent released in February 2026. Secondary sources name Jeffrey Quesnelle as CEO and list Karan Malhotra, Teknium and Shivani Mitra among its co-founders; the company’s headquarters city could not be confirmed.On October 7, 2026 it confirmed a $90 million Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation led […]
Manus (Butterfly Effect)
Manus is an AI agent maker run by Butterfly Effect, which moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2025 with offices in San Francisco and Tokyo. Xiao Hong is founder and CEO of Butterfly Effect, which he founded in 2022 and where he created the browser extension Monica; Manus was co-founded with Ji Yichao and Zhang […]
EliseAI Platform
The EliseAI platform is a set of conversational AI agents for the housing and rental sector, extended since 2023 to healthcare. Early coverage described it as chatbots for property owners; the company’s September 2026 funding at a $4 billion valuation reflects its growth into a broader platform.Pricing is not publicly disclosed. TechCrunch reported on September […]
EliseAI
EliseAI is a New York company that builds AI agents for the housing and rental sector and, since 2023, for healthcare. It was founded in 2017, originally as MeetElise, by Minna Song, who is CEO, and Tony Stoyanov, who serves as CTO.TechCrunch reported on September 29, 2026 that EliseAI raised $350 million at a $4 […]