Redcar Raises $5.3M Seed Led by Khosla Ventures and Pre-Seed Led by humbition to Launch F1: The AI Sales Agent That Makes Reps Superhuman

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Redcar has raised $5.3 million in funding, with its seed round led by Khosla Ventures and pre-seed by humbition, to accelerate the development of its AI sales agents that automate lead research, qualification, and outreach.
The company’s flagship product, the F1 Agent, adapts to a team’s top sales workflows using its proprietary AgentExpress platform, helping reps spend more time closing deals instead of handling manual tasks.
Founded by Jeff Chen, Er Jia Jiang, and Ben Wu, Redcar plans to expand its engineering and product teams, onboard new customers, and extend its AI capabilities into recruiting, marketing, and customer success.

PRESS RELEASE — Redcar, developers of the world’s most accurate and flexible AI sales agents, announced it has raised $5.3 million across its seed round led by Khosla Ventures and pre-seed led by humbition. The raise includes participation from notable industry and AI leaders such as Elias Torres — Co-Founder and CTO of Drift, CEO of Agency, Rob Goldman — Former VP at Meta and Indiegogo Board Member, Stan Chudnovsky — Former VP of Meta for Messenger, David Patterson — Turing Award Recipient and Co-Inventor of RISC and RAID, Siqi Chen — CEO of Runway, Nancy Xu — CEO of Moonhub, and many others as investors (read more about the news in The Angle by Darrell Etherington).

This investment will accelerate Redcar’s mission to give every sales team AI superpowers — starting with account research, prospect identification, and personalized outbound at scale.

Today, salespeople spend less than half of their time actually selling. Instead, they are bogged down by manual tasks like researching leads, writing outreach emails, and prepping for meetings. Traditional sales tools often force teams to conform to rigid processes, resulting in inefficiency and missed opportunities.

Redcar addresses this challenge by building AI agents that adapt to a company’s unique sales workflow. Its flagship product, the F1 Agent, mimics the workflows of a team’s best-performing reps. By automating research, lead qualification, and personalized messaging across public and proprietary data sources, Redcar’s proprietary AI platform — AgentExpress — eliminates busy work and enables human reps to focus on closing deals.

“Our mission is to create agents that 10X your reps’ performance,” said Jeff Chen, CEO and co-founder of Redcar. “F1 adapts to your best reps’ playbooks and works tirelessly in the background to make every seller more effective. We believe this is the future of sales — and of work in general.”

Redcar’s founding team brings deep expertise in automation, go-to-market strategy, and AI product development. Co-founder and CEO Jeff Chen previously sold startups to Google and Zynga and helped launch the Google Assistant after building Skyvi, the largest AI assistant on Android at the time. Co-founder and head of growth Er Jia (CJ) Jiang developed go-to-market strategies at BCG, driving multimillion-dollar expansion plans, while co-founder Ben Wu has built automation tools used by millions since college.

“Redcar is trying to solve the core problem their founders faced running previous startups: spending too much time generating leads instead of closing customers,” said Jon Chu, Partner at Khosla Ventures. “Their full-stack AI puts an SDR in reach of any company by bringing automation to the front end of the sales motion.”

The new capital will be used to expand Redcar’s engineering and product teams, onboard new customers, and continue rapid development of the AgentExpress platform. Redcar is already seeing strong traction with B2B teams using the F1 Agent to hit quota more efficiently and effectively. The company also plans to extend its AI agent capabilities into adjacent fields such as recruiting, marketing, and customer success.

To learn more about Redcar, become a customer, or explore open roles, visit www.redcar.io or contact us at [email protected].

About Redcar

Redcar is the easiest way for B2B companies to scale their sales teams. We provide building blocks to create AI agents tailored to each company’s unique workflows, so human sales reps can focus on closing deals. Its flagship F1 Agent mimics your best reps to research accounts, qualify leads, and personalize outreach at scale. Redcar is backed by Khosla Ventures, humbition, and some of the most respected names in tech and AI. Learn more at redcar.io.