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SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.
Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.
Raised $39M (Feb 2026, doubled from $21M Series A). Brain-shuttle + RNAi delivery for genetic Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Non-viral CNS delivery crossing blood-brain barrier.
Aerska Therapeutics is developing a brain-shuttle RNAi (RNA interference) platform for CNS gene silencing — specifically targeting the genetic forms of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease caused by dominant mutations that can be silenced by RNA therapeutics. The company raised $39 million in February 2026, doubling its prior $21 million Series A round, led by ex-AstraZeneca neuroscience executives who validated both the science and the commercial opportunity.
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