# Cotera

> Cotera is a New York-based, Y Combinator-backed AI platform that lets go-to-market and operations teams build autonomous agents by describing tasks in plain English - no flowcharts and no code. The agents connect directly to a company's data warehouse, CRM, and 200+ business tools, then take real action on real data: routing support tickets, analyzing customer feedback, enriching leads, monitoring account health, and automating repetitive back-office work. Founded in 2021 by Ibby Syed and Tom Firth, Cotera pitches itself for people who think busywork is boring.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ibby Syed (Co-founder & CEO), Tom Firth (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~11 employees
- **Products:** Agent Platform, Data Sources & Integrations, Tool Library, Visual Agent Editor, Copilot
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch, Reached general availability of the agent platform in December 2025, Built 200+ first-party integrations across CRMs, support, marketing, warehouses and HTTP APIs

## Products & services

- **Agent Platform** — Build autonomous AI agents by describing the task in plain English - no flowcharts and no code. Agents deploy on schedules and take real actions across connected systems.
- **Data Sources & Integrations** — 200+ hand-built, battle-tested connectors to CRMs, support tools, marketing and ad platforms, plus data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres) and any HTTP API.
- **Tool Library** — Pre-built actions agents can call to read from and write back into existing business systems.
- **Visual Agent Editor** — A human-friendly interface for building, testing and controlling agents with fine-grained oversight.
- **Copilot** — Built-in assistance that helps users write and optimize agent instructions.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch
- Reached general availability of the agent platform in December 2025
- Built 200+ first-party integrations across CRMs, support, marketing, warehouses and HTTP APIs
- Signed recognizable customers including Bilt, Peloton, SKIMS and OpenSea
- Maintained 99%+ platform uptime over a trailing 90-day window

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Cotera's agent platform reached general availability.
- **2022-08** — Completed the Y Combinator Winter 2022 batch.

## Links

- Website: https://cotera.co
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/coterahq
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/coterahq
- GitHub: https://github.com/coterahq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CoteraApp

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Last updated: 2026-07-06