Harmony has raised $34 million in seed funding to expand an artificial intelligence platform designed to handle routine workplace requests, including employee onboarding, password resets and access to software.
The company was launched by CEO Nitzan Shapira and CTO Ran Ribenzaft, the founders of cloud-monitoring startup Epsagon. Cisco acquired Epsagon in 2021 after the business was sold for $500 million. With Harmony, the pair are returning to the startup market with plans to build a significantly larger company rather than seek another early acquisition.
Lightspeed led the new round, having previously backed Epsagon. Hitachi Ventures, Fin Capital, Mercer Ventures and Operator Partners also participated.
Harmony: Moving workplace support into chat
Harmony’s product works within Slack and Microsoft Teams, allowing employees to make requests without navigating several internal systems or waiting for assistance from IT or human resources teams.
The platform is built to take action, not merely return information. It can support processes such as onboarding a new employee, granting access to approved software and resetting passwords.
Harmony connects with more than 100 applications. It can also consider an employee’s role and existing permissions before responding or carrying out a task. Companies that want tighter oversight can require a human approval before the system completes an action.
That approval feature is important to Harmony’s pitch. The company is positioning its technology as a way to automate repetitive requests while allowing employers to retain control over sensitive actions.
Its customer list includes workflow automation company n8n, investing platform eToro, cybersecurity startup Cyera and fashion retailer Kith.
A large seed round for repeat founders
A $34 million investment is larger than a typical seed round. Shapira said sizeable early-stage rounds can be less unusual for second-time founders and argued that the funding will allow Harmony to grow quickly without having to return to investors in the near term.
The company plans to use the capital to expand its engineering, product and sales teams.
Harmony currently employs 60 people. Roughly two-thirds of its workforce is based in Israel, while the remaining employees are in New York.
The funding gives Shapira and Ribenzaft a substantial financial base for their second venture together. This time, their focus is not only on building technology for enterprise teams, but also on turning the everyday employee request into a task that can be completed directly inside the communication tools workers already use.
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