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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
The platform watches a user complete a task once\u200a\u2014\u200aplacing a coffee order, processing an invoice, drafting an email\u200a\u2014\u200athen 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
IrisGo has launched beta versions for macOS and Windows, secured a preinstallation deal with Acer, and is pursuing similar agreements with other device manufacturers.<\/p>\n
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