Kevin Jiang's Polar raises $5.7 million to automate knowledge work in browsers
The former Perplexity Comet builder is betting recurring research, recruiting and sales tasks will create the daily pull consumer AI browsers lacked.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: TechCrunch
Why it matters
Polar is testing a practical route into AI browsing: win recurring workplace tasks before trying to replace a user's primary browser. The $5.7 million round gives Jiang time to prove that agents can work reliably and safely inside logged-in business applications.
On July 29th, Kevin Jiang, who previously worked on Perplexity's Comet browser, launched Polar as an AI browser for knowledge work and raised a $5.7 million seed round led by Madrona, TechCrunch reported.…
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