How to Communicate with Advanced Artificial Intelligence to Precisely Convey Your Vision? The Barrier of Programming Knowledge is Disappearing. Wordware – a Platform Enabling AI Agents to Be Built with Simple English Commands – Has Gained Tremendous Investor Interest. Over PLN 120 Million Invested in this Polish Co-Created Startup Highlights the Faith in Its Potential.
Wordware, the first comprehensive operating system for building AI agents powered by artificial intelligence, has announced a $30 million seed round. Leading investors include Silicon Valley funds such as Spark Capital, Felicis, and Y-Combinator, with Polish accents provided by business angels like Bartek Pucek, Tomasz and Piotr Karwatka, and the Innovation Nest fund. The funding will accelerate Wordware’s mission to revolutionize the way AI solutions are built and deployed. The startup already boasts hundreds of thousands of users and clients, including Instacart, Runway, Metadata, and aiSDR.
AI Agent for Everyone
Wordware is used by companies and AI enthusiasts to create AI agents (software that performs tasks on behalf of users) that streamline processes and operations, meet customer needs, and power startups. The platform’s versatility and ease of use attract customers across industries. Wordware caters to both programmers (AI engineers), significantly simplifying their work, and less technical users, enabling them to create AI applications without the need for developer collaboration.
A lawyer best understands how a well-drafted contract should look, and a doctor knows how to support diagnostic processes effectively. Specialists, not programmers, are familiar with their field’s realities and know how to achieve desired results – from crafting an effective sales email to curating precise analytical data. Wordware’s creators identified the main challenge in building AI applications not as traditional coding but as the coordination of language models, crafting appropriate prompts, and building logical application structures. The startup enables specialists to build AI applications independently, removing the need for advanced technical knowledge. This not only democratizes AI development by removing technical barriers but also opens unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurship and global economic growth.
Employees Battle Routine, the Economy Suffers: AI Changes the Rules of the Game
Despite living in the age of AI revolution, employers remain hesitant about innovative solutions or implement them too slowly. According to a PwC study, nine out of ten employees are stuck performing tedious, mechanical tasks. Data from software provider Zapier indicates that over 75% of workers spend less than 3 hours daily on creative work and fewer than 3 hours weekly on strategic tasks. Gallup Institute estimates the global cost of this inefficiency at nearly $9 trillion annually.
“This isn’t just about inefficiency—it’s a colossal waste of human potential at a time when creative and strategic thinking is more valuable than ever,” says Filip Kozera, Wordware’s co-founder and CEO. He emphasizes that as AI transforms workplaces, the ability to work with AI without programming barriers while leveraging personal insight, domain expertise, and strategic vision will become a crucial skill distinguishing high-performing organizations from the rest.
“With the development of AI, we now have the opportunity to communicate our vision in increasingly complex ways. We are turning this challenge into an opportunity, making English the new programming language for AI,” adds Kozera.
A New Era in AI Development
Business leaders are beginning to recognize this future. Today’s founders and executives seek ways to implement AI by creating fully functional AI agents capable of revolutionizing their businesses. However, despite the potential of artificial intelligence, building these solutions remains a complex technical challenge, accessible only to those with advanced programming skills. This process starts with hiring expensive AI engineers, who are scarce in the market, or reallocating the most talented programmers from existing teams.
Months are then spent experimenting with models, tools, and code, often leading to outcomes far from the original vision. This initiates a tedious and costly iteration cycle, with programmers and domain experts exchanging dozens, if not hundreds, of notes. Wordware transforms this landscape by introducing English as the new programming language, allowing engineers and specialists from various fields to collaborate seamlessly. This enables rapid experimentation and the implementation of ideas within hours rather than weeks.
What Else Does Wordware Offer?
- A user-friendly interface resembling Notion, utilizing leading AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Mistral (without requiring individual subscriptions), along with essential tools like RAG, speech-to-text conversion, and image generation.
- A repository system (ready-made AI agents) functioning like a “GitHub for AI,” where users can share, clone, and customize applications built by others.
- The ability to iterate on prompts for non-technical users specializing in fields such as law or medicine.
- A suite of developer tools for creating advanced AI applications, including programming basics (loops, conditionals, functions), custom code, and integration with external systems via API.
- An API for seamlessly adding AI capabilities to any product, including full backend AI hosting on the Wordware platform.
Not Just the CEO: Three Poles on the Team
Wordware is the result of years of passion and experience from its founders – CEO Filip Kozera and CTO Robert Chandler. They met a decade ago while studying AI at Cambridge University. Kozera had already founded a startup focused on expanding human memory using advanced algorithms, while Chandler led machine learning operations at Five AI, a company specializing in autonomous vehicles later acquired by Bosch. When language models began to demonstrate reasoning capabilities, they decided to create a new programming ecosystem dedicated to AI agent development.
The founding team was strengthened by Kamil Ruczyński, responsible for growth and marketing. “Kamil created the twitter.wordware.ai initiative, which, despite my initial skepticism, gained global traction, reaching over 7 million people. His decisive actions and unconventional ideas grew our user base from 2,000 to 300,000 in just a few weeks,” acknowledges Kozera. Ruczyński also led Wordware’s record-breaking launch on Product Hunt, gathering over 7,000 votes (causing the platform’s servers to crash). Previously, he co-founded startups in AI agents and HR technologies, bringing unique insights from working across four continents and ten countries, including Nigeria, Laos, and Singapore.
Another key founding member, Sebastian Karaś, oversees operations. As the first investor in the company, representing the Innovation Nest fund, he joined the team full-time to focus on securing additional funding. “His network and knowledge of fundraising and how VC funds operate helped secure one of the largest seed rounds in Y Combinator’s history. He now directs operations, leveraging a unique perspective from both sides of the investment table,” says Kozera.
Wordware aims to not only deliver cutting-edge AI solutions but also redefine how people and businesses use technology. The company emphasizes innovation, collaboration with users, and integrating AI into business operations in ways that enhance value and accelerate development across sectors. Kozera anticipates expanding into new markets and further developing the international community of users committed to AI-driven progress. Although Wordware currently serves as a critical AI infrastructure for businesses, the startup plans to launch Wordware Engine in early 2025, enabling prosumers to automate their daily manual processes.
