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Evos raises $9M pre-seed for AI agents that learn on the job, with humans approving first

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What happened

Evos, a New York startup founded in 2026, said it has raised $9 million in pre-seed funding led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures. It sells a platform called Workhorse that builds AI agents for small and mid-sized industrial firms such as freight and manufacturing businesses. Each agent first watches experienced staff and acts only behind a human approval gate, going autonomous once its decisions consistently match the team's. All performance figures come from the company and one customer quoted in its own announcement; no independent evaluation was cited.

What we know

SiliconANGLEsiliconangle.comThe Next Webthenextweb.com
  • Per SiliconANGLE and The Next Web, Uncork Capital and Field Ventures led the $9 million round, with Crosslink Capital, Utopia Capital Management, Sandwith Ventures and angel investors also participating.
  • Per both outlets, freight brokerage MyFreightWorld uses an Evos agent to audit less-than-truckload carrier invoices against its transportation management system, with about 3,500 audit decisions at 97% accuracy in the first two months.
  • Per SiliconANGLE, the invoices processed total more than $600,000; The Next Web specifies that figure covers the last five weeks.
  • Per SiliconANGLE, CEO Urav Shah said the average agent reaches roughly 82% decision accuracy after 24 hours of learning and can handle about 70% of a person's daily workload autonomously.
  • Per SiliconANGLE, Evos went live with select customers a month ago and Shah says it has passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue; the company plans general availability later this year.

What we don't know yet

  • Whether the 82% accuracy and 70% workload figures hold across customers; they are Shah's statements, and no independent benchmark was cited.
  • How many customers beyond MyFreightWorld are live, and whether the $1 million annual recurring revenue figure reflects contracted or recurring billings.
  • How accuracy is measured: the 97% invoice-audit figure has no stated error definition or human baseline.
  • The Next Web labels its article as contributed content, not produced by its newsroom, so its details trace to Evos itself; the Workhorse launch is described as 'later this year' by one outlet and 'in the coming weeks' by the other.

Why it matters

Companies with fewer than 100 employees, which the announcement says make up most US trucking and manufacturing firms, rarely get automation built for them. An approval-gated model gives owners a way to adopt agents while keeping a human sign-off on unfamiliar decisions, if the vendor's accuracy figures survive outside testing.

Claims

  • ConfirmedEvos raised $9 million in pre-seed funding led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures.
  • UnconfirmedMyFreightWorld's Evos agent made about 3,500 invoice audit decisions at 97% accuracy in its first two months, according to the company's announcement.
  • UnconfirmedEvos agents reach about 82% decision accuracy after 24 hours of learning, according to CEO Urav Shah.
  • UnconfirmedEvos has passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue, according to its CEO.

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  • Claim: Evos raised $9 million in pre-seed funding led by Uncork Capital and Field Ventures.
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  • Claim: MyFreightWorld's Evos agent made about 3,500 invoice audit decisions at 97% accuracy in its first two months, according to the company's announcement.
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  • Claim: Evos agents reach about 82% decision accuracy after 24 hours of learning, according to CEO Urav Shah.
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  • Claim: Evos has passed $1 million in annual recurring revenue, according to its CEO.
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