by Decagon AI · founded 2023 · updated Jul 2026
Decagon builds enterprise AI customer support agents around Agent Operating Procedures (AOPs), agent logic written in plain English by CX teams themselves. After an engineering-led setup, business users own the workflows, making it the control-oriented counterpart to Sierra's managed model.
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| Claim | Source | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Valued at ~$4.5B within two years of launch | Funding press coverage | Feb 2026 |
| Agent Operating Procedures let CX teams write agent logic in plain English | Product documentation & press | Jan 2026 |
| Founded 2023 by Jesse Zhang and Ashwin Sreenivas | Company announcements | Jan 2025 |
Sierra's Series E (led by GV and Tiger Global) pushes total funding past $1.5B on ~$200M ARR. Its agents now run revenue-cycle workflows between providers and payers and process insurance claims — a direct signal for healthcare collections and RCM buyers evaluating enterprise CX platforms.
New governance products operationalize real-time TCPA, DNC and TSR compliance across collections and regulated outreach, a response to AI voice agents scaling in debt recovery. If you run AI collections calls, a documented consent-and-suppression control layer is now table stakes.
Industry analyses put AI-handled calls at $0.30–0.50 versus $17+ for human contacts, a ~35x gap. Autonomous handling (Sierra, Decagon, Retell) now competes head-on with assist-layer incumbents.
The two enterprise AI-agent leaders reached $4.5B valuations within two years of launch. Sierra sells managed 'Agent OS' deployments; Decagon bets on CX teams programming agents in plain English.
Intercom
The most widely deployed AI agent for customer service.
Sierra AI
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Retell AI
Production voice AI agents in days, priced per minute.