# 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.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States (founding team originally based in London, UK)
- **Founders:** Tim Cherkasov (Co-Founder & CEO), Artur Romanov (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 5
- **Products:** Trace Workflow Orchestration Platform, Context-Aware Task Routing, Integrations & Knowledge Graph, Workflow Logs & Governance, Community Templates
- **Notable:** Most upvoted startup in the YC Summer 2025 batch, #1 on the YC Launchpad leaderboard for the S25 cohort, Product Hunt Product of the Day, Week, and Month

## Products & services

- **Trace Workflow Orchestration Platform** — Connects to a company's existing tools, builds a knowledge graph of the organization, and turns plain-English process descriptions into visual workflows that combine AI-automated tasks with human approval gates.
- **Context-Aware Task Routing** — Automatically identifies which tasks can be AI-automated and which need human input, then routes each task to the right worker with the relevant context attached.
- **Integrations & Knowledge Graph** — Connects tools like Slack, Jira, Notion, email, and Airtable to build a shared, real-time picture of how the company operates.
- **Workflow Logs & Governance** — Logs every action for accountability, with role-based access, permissions, real-time event triggers, and multi-organizational workspaces.
- **Community Templates** — Community-curated workflow templates and prebuilt AI components teams can reuse for onboarding, HR screening, document processing, and sales ops.

## Achievements

- Most upvoted startup in the YC Summer 2025 batch
- #1 on the YC Launchpad leaderboard for the S25 cohort
- Product Hunt Product of the Day, Week, and Month
- Raised $3M seed round
- 550+ active workflows live across customers

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Raised $3M seed round led by Y Combinator with Xeno Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Transpose, Formosa Capital and angels; covered by TechCrunch.
- **2025-09** — Claimed the #1 spot on the YC Launchpad leaderboard for the Summer '25 cohort.
- **2025** — Launched publicly on Product Hunt, winning Product of the Day, Week, and Month.

## Links

- Website: https://www.trace.so/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trace-so/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/trace_so

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Last updated: 2026-07-30