Lyzr, a three-year-old enterprise AI-agent startup based in Jersey City, New Jersey, has raised a $100 million Series B at a valuation of roughly $500 million — and, according to Bloomberg, it let its own AI agent run the fundraise. The system, named SivaClaw, reportedly fielded questions from more than 130 investors, drafted investment memos and even tracked which pitch-deck slides backers dwelt on. The move doubles as a marketing demonstration, showing the company's product working on one of the most consequential tasks a startup faces.

The most striking detail, per Bloomberg's account, is how little conventional effort the round required: Lyzr says it attracted $400 million in interest from investors across Silicon Valley, the Middle East and the financial sector without a founder having to fly out for coffee meetings or warm introductions along Sand Hill Road. TechCrunch frames this as emblematic of the current AI investment frenzy, in which there is so much capital chasing AI bets that founders with genuine traction can raise nine-figure sums almost without leaving their desks.