IrisGo, a desktop AI agent that observes and automates user workflows without repeat instructions, has raised a $2.8 million seed round led by Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, with backing from Nvidia and Google. The company was co-founded by Jeffrey Lai, a former Apple engineer who helped build the Chinese-language version of Siri.
The platform watches a user complete a task once — placing a coffee order, processing an invoice, drafting an email — then automates it autonomously going forward. A built-in skills library covers common knowledge-worker tasks, while the agent continuously learns new workflows from observed desktop behaviour. A coding assistant comparable to Claude Code is also included.
Lai said the goal was to shift knowledge workers away from repetitive manual AI interactions toward fully autonomous background workflows, freeing humans for higher-level work. A hybrid on-device and cloud architecture gives the platform stronger privacy protections than purely cloud-based alternatives, with cloud processing requiring explicit user authorisation.
IrisGo has launched beta versions for macOS and Windows, secured a preinstallation deal with Acer, and is pursuing similar agreements with other device manufacturers.
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