AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team
AI automation startup Relay is shutting down its operations, with its founder and staff joining Google's Chrome team. The move is expected to accelerate the integration of AI-driven workflow tools into the Chrome browser.
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This acquisition highlights the trend of big tech companies absorbing smaller AI startups to bolster their browser and productivity ecosystems.
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier , is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team.
Jacob Bank, Relay’s founder and CEO, shared a company announcement Monday that reveals the app will be shutting down access for paying customers on September 14. Free customers would have already lost access as of August 15. The app’s closure was initially announced in July.
Bank, who previously spent a little over six years at Google, revealed that he would now be rejoining the tech giant as VP of Product for Google Chrome, where he will lead the product and developer relations teams for Chrome, according to his LinkedIn .
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