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n8n announced $180 million Series C funding led by Accel, reaching a $2.5 billion valuation. The workflow automation platform positions itself as bridging the gap between fully autonomous AI agents and rigid rule-based systems, offering flexible control over agent autonomy. The company emphasizes orchestration and coordination as key to deploying AI in production, enabling technical builders and business users to collaborate on the same platform. n8n reports 6x user growth and 10x revenue growth, with plans to expand integrations, empower ecosystem development, and evolve beyond its canvas interface while maintaining its open-source community commitment.

n8n raises $180m to get AI closer to value with orchestration

<p>Wondering if the VC’s funding this are having second thoughts after OpenAI’s announcement that they’re now also in the Visual Agent Builder space…</p>
