Two former Meta artificial intelligence executives, Devi Parikh and Dhruv Batra, have secured $15 million in funding for their AI assistant startup, Yutori. The funding round was led by Radical Ventures’ Rob Toews, with contributions from Felicis, AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, and Google DeepMind’s Jeff Dean.
San Francisco-based Yutori is developing autonomous AI agents capable of executing tasks independently, a growing trend in AI innovation. Unlike current chatbots that primarily facilitate conversations, Yutori aims to create AI assistants that actively perform tasks, such as managing travel logistics and automating online transactions.
The company is leveraging post-training techniques to enhance AI models’ ability to navigate the web and execute complex reasoning tasks. Yutori’s team includes experts who played key roles in Meta’s AI advancements, including researchers behind Llama 3 and Llama 4, as well as embodied AI projects designed for robotics.
