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Trace just raised $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem. They build workflow orchestration for enterprise AI agents. The key: mapping company processes so agents have proper context. • $3M seed from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital • YC Summer 2025 graduate • London-based founders: Tim Cherkasov, Artur Romanov How they built it: • Identified core issue: agents fail without context • Built knowledge graphs from existing tools (Slack, Airtable) • Created human-AI task delegation system • Focused on "context engineering" vs prompt engineering • Achieved 50% productivity gains with early customers The insight: "2024-2025 was prompt engineering. Now it's context engineering." For founders: The biggest AI opportunity isn't better models—it's solving deployment. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/trace-raises-3-million-to-solve-the-agent-adoption-problem/ #startups#AI