Automat vs Middleware
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US YC W23 AI-enabled RPA with ChatGPT computer vision; $19.25M total ($15.5M Series A Nov 2025, $3.75M Initialized/Khosla seed) automating banking/insurance legacy workflows competing with UiPath and Automation Anywhere for AI-native modern RPA.
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Automat is a United States-based AI-enabled robotic process automation (RPA) platform — backed by Y Combinator (W23) with $19.25 million in total funding including a $3.75 million seed from Initialized Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Y Combinator, plus a $15.5 million Series A in November 2025 — providing enterprises in banking, financial services, and insurance with AI agents that automate computer-based workflows using ChatGPT-powered computer vision and natural language instructions, positioning as the intelligent modern alternative to legacy RPA tools (UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism) that require brittle script-based automation for every workflow variation. Founded in 2023, Automat targets the legacy software replacement opportunity across industries where 30+ year-old mainframe and desktop applications are still required for daily operations.
Cloud-native observability platform with APM, traces, logs, and metrics; OpenTelemetry-native cost-effective Datadog alternative targeting DevOps teams at growing companies.
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Middleware is an observability and monitoring platform providing application performance monitoring (APM), distributed tracing, log management, and infrastructure metrics in a unified view for engineering teams running cloud-native applications. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Middleware raised approximately $6 million and targets DevOps and SRE teams at growing companies who need comprehensive observability without the cost and complexity of enterprise platforms like Datadog or New Relic.
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