Applied Labs
Backed byAbstract Ventures
About Applied Labs
Applied Labs builds frontier AI agents and AI applications for growing businesses. The company aims to help customers deliver exceptional customer support with AI agents and humans in the loop, reflecting its view that AI applications are at an inflection point where every company can achieve real, significant impact. It operates with offices in New York and San Francisco and is backed by tier-1 venture capital firms and angel investors. The founders are Michael Woo and Soham Waychal, with Woo having previously led operations scalability at Scale AI and Waychal having led engineering at Canal and holding five AI patents. Applied Labs describes itself as a rapidly growing team.
Company at a glance
Founders & Leadership
Location
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Engineering70%
- Operations15%
- Specialized10%
- Product & Design5%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Inha University in Tashkent
- 2.Westminster International University in Tashkent
- 3.Tashkent University of Information Technologies
- 4.Queens College
- 5.Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Team Worked At
- EPAM Systems
- Jafton
- BairesDev
- Itransition
- Stefanini
Team Composition
20 people- Engineering7
- Information Technology5
- Accounting1
- Arts and Design1
- Community and Social Services1
- Entrepreneurship1 senior1
- Operations1
- Quality Assurance1
Culture & values
The company emphasizes collaboration between AI agents and humans in the loop to deliver exceptional customer support.
The team is rapidly growing with offices in New York and San Francisco.
Funding History
$4.2M
raised
NYC AI agents startup Applied Labs raised a $4.2M Seed round led by Abstract; Point72 Ventures, Outlander, Tetra and others participated
Life at Applied Labs
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