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BotCity Raises $12M to Govern AI-Generated Automations

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BotCity, a platform that governs Python-based automations and AI agents, has raised $12 million in funding. The round was led by Dan Scholnick from Four Rivers, with participation from Y Combinator, Astella, Firestreak Ventures, Upload Ventures, Scale Up by Endeavor, and Sagol Holdings.

The company also brought on prominent angel investors including Lew Cirne, founder of New Relic, along with Walter Kortschak, Erica Fridman Stul, and Mark Roe. This funding arrives as enterprises face mounting risks from the rapid proliferation of unmonitored automations created by employees using AI tools.

When AI Tools Turn Every Employee Into a Developer

The automation landscape has changed dramatically. AI assistants like GPT, Gemini, and Copilot now generate Python code for anyone who asks, regardless of technical skill. You don’t need to know how to run Python. The AI will teach you that too.

This has created what BotCity calls a fundamental problem. Companies have moved from a world where specialized teams created hundreds of carefully managed automations to one where thousands of employees generate scripts daily. The result? Widespread exposure to data theft, system failures, code vulnerabilities, and zero audit trails for executed processes.

From RPA Skeptics to Automation Governance Leaders

BotCity has been working on this problem since 2018, long before the current AI boom made it urgent. The company started when low-code RPA technologies dominated the market with promises that developers would become obsolete.

That didn’t happen. Companies ended up hiring developers anyway, even just to work with those low-code platforms. After interviewing 200 automation teams worldwide, BotCity discovered something important: the only barrier preventing Python from becoming the primary automation stack was a robust governance and observability layer.

So they built one. Backed by Y Combinator, Softbank, and Astella, the company launched its first governance layer in 2021. The product has since been adopted by major organizations including Bayer, LG, XP, and Stone, with over 1,000 teams now using BotCity in production globally.

At the time, the company appeared to be going against market trends. But BotCity believed Python’s advantages would win out: zero vendor lock-in, no licensing costs per developer, and its position as the primary language for AI development.

They were right, though the speed of change exceeded expectations. The emergence of AI tools that let anyone build automations has made governance not just valuable but essential.

Building the Balance Between Innovation and Control

BotCity’s platform provides governance and orchestration for automations written in Python and other languages, as well as code-based AI agents. The company envisions a future where AI and automation must be managed under a single system, from monitoring user machines to centrally tracking automation performance metrics.

“Our role is to help companies scale smart automations without killing innovation,” the company explains. As AI tools become more powerful and accessible, users increasingly choose to ask an AI assistant to generate automation code rather than test multiple specialized tools. BotCity believes Python is becoming abstracted into a new programming language: English.

Companies that learn to say “how” instead of “no” to employee-driven automation will gain advantages that competitors will struggle to match. BotCity aims to provide the management layer that lets organizations find the right balance.

Expanding the Platform Across Four Key Areas

The new funding will support a comprehensive platform vision spanning multiple product lines and company departments.

BotCity Sentinel addresses endpoint security. Many companies allow non-technical employees to use Python on their workstations without any connection to secure development pipelines or observability platforms. Sentinel will extend the security of BotCity’s orchestration platform to these endpoints, providing visibility and protection across all workstations.

The company’s core Orchestrator product will continue managing both traditional automations and AI agents. Standard automations remain best suited for repetitive, high-volume processes with clear rules, where companies need deterministic solutions for financial operations and auditable processes. AI agents will tackle different use cases: unstructured documents, data analysis, report generation, and team collaboration.

BotCity Opportunity Hub, launching in late November, will help companies scale their process discovery efforts and better prioritize which processes deserve attention from automation teams.

Finally, BotCity is expanding its global operations with more than just product development. The company is launching education initiatives and Forward Deployed Engineers, a program that places BotCity expertise directly inside customer organizations to solve their primary automation and AI challenges. New technology and implementation partnerships are accelerating local knowledge in a global context.

From Y Combinator to Silicon Valley Expansion

BotCity closed this funding round in Silicon Valley, where it is now expanding operations. The company carefully selected investors who share its vision for automation governance.

Beyond the institutional investors, the angel lineup brings deep enterprise software experience. Lew Cirne founded New Relic, a monitoring and observability platform that went public in 2014. The other angels bring extensive experience in enterprise technology investing and operations.

The company was originally backed by Y Combinator, often called the world’s largest startup accelerator, along with Softbank and Astella in earlier rounds. Over 1,000 teams now use the platform in production, including major enterprises that were early believers in Python’s evolution as an automation language.

BotCity credits its growth to what it calls a fantastic team, a supportive community, investors who understood the thesis early, and customers who were forward-thinking enough to bet on the technology’s direction.

Origianl Creator: Ekaterina Pisareva
Original Link: https://justainews.com/companies/funding-news/botcity-raises-12m-to-govern-ai-generated-automations/
Originally Posted: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:21:01 +0000

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