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London-based Elyos AI, the AI platform for the trades and field services industry, has raised a $13 million (£9.7m) Series A to accelerate product development and international expansion.
Elyos AI helps trades businesses – including plumbers, electricians, HVAC and facilities operators – automate customer communications, booking, dispatch, and follow-ups using AI agents that integrate directly with industry-standard systems. Its agents handle inbound calls, outbound follow-ups, missed calls, and email workflows, allowing businesses to capture more jobs while reducing operational overhead.
The business was founded by Adrian Johnston, Philippa Brown and Panos Stravopodis in 2023 as part of the Y Combinator programme and has seen rapid adoption. Customers report higher booking rates, faster response times, and significant reductions in missed calls after deploying Elyos AI’s agents.
Johnston said: “Trades businesses are overwhelmed by calls, emails, and admin – and that friction directly costs them revenue. We’re building AI agents that work like effective front-office staff: answering every call, booking every job, and integrating deeply into the systems trades already use.”
The new capital will be used to expand Elyos AI’s engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen integrations with leading field-service CRMs, and launch new AI agent capabilities across voice, email, and messaging.
The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and Pi Labs.
James Palmer from Blackbird Ventures commented: “Elyos is going after a massive vertical market, and their deep understanding of trades businesses is evident in how well their voice agents perform in the real world.
“Their growing traction and genuine customer love are powerful signals of product quality and the speed of the product and engineering team. We think Elyos is well positioned to define the AI category for field services and trades.”
Faisal Butt, Managing Partner at Pi Labs added: “Trade services is a multi-billion-dollar industry underpinning how the built world functions, yet it has long been underserved by modern software.
“Elyos AI agents are helping trade businesses capture more revenue, improve customer experience and increase margins with a leaner operations team.”
Elyos AI says it plans to expand internationally in 2026, as demand for AI-driven automation in the trades continues to accelerate.
According to the 2026 UK Facilities Management Market Research Report by askporter, facilities management professionals want clear, verifiable evidence of work being delivered, with teams that can communicate progress in real time. This requires technology that is affordable, intuitive, and quick to adopt.
Yet the report found that:
Over three quarters of FM professionals (76 per cent) experience operational inefficiencies caused by siloed software which results in a lack of real-time visibility.
Communications challenges lead to maintenance issues, with 73 per cent of teams being forced into reactive problem-solving on a weekly basis.
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