Trace

Trace is a workflow orchestration platform that gives AI agents shared context about how a company actually works, then routes each task to whichever worker fits best - human or AI. Founded in 2025 by Tim Cherkasov and Artur Romanov and backed by Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch, Trace connects to tools like Slack, Jira, and Notion, builds a knowledge graph of the organization, and turns plain-English process descriptions into visual workflows with AI-automated steps and human approval gates. It raised $3M in seed funding and was the most upvoted startup in the YC S25 cohort.