Tzafon has secured $9.7 million in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by HV Capital, with participation from Streamlined VC, Kakao VC, Oliver Jung, and angel investors from OpenAI and xAI.
The company will use the capital to significantly expand its computing infrastructure. Additionally, it will accelerate the development of its autonomous AI agent technology and support the launch of its new product, Lightcone.
Scaling for Cross-Platform Action
Tzafon is launching Lightcone, an agent designed to operate seamlessly on a user’s behalf across any application or platform. The company develops action-oriented AI agents that automate complex digital tasks for both enterprises and individuals.
This approach aims to advance AI beyond research and generation into performing meaningful actions. Tzafon’s unique framework integrates advanced machine learning and reinforcement learning, enabling agents to operate across diverse digital environments. This requires significant compute resources, often powered by hardware from companies like Nvidia.
The company’s first model has already demonstrated industry-leading performance on web-based tasks.
With this new funding, Tzafon will scale its infrastructure to meet rising demand. Consequently, this will speed up product development and reinforce its strategic position in the deeptech sector.

