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Zenzap, a workplace messaging app with AI features, has raised $44 million in a first funding round from Bessemer, Lightspeed and The Garage, along with individual investors including Wix president Nir Zohar and former EY GM Yoram Tietz. Founder Guy Weiss, who previously bootstrapped and sold e-commerce marketing platform StuccoMedia, started the company in 2022 and initially funded it himself before Bessemer partner Adam Fisher persuaded him to take venture capital to scale.
Zenzap positions itself between consumer chat apps and established work tools. Weiss argues consumer apps like WhatsApp and iMessage cannot be used with an AI agent on top because they do not comply with IT and security rules, while Slack and Microsoft Teams were not built for mobile-first, everyday use by average staff. The app offers group chats, direct messages, task management, calendar and schedule integration, and AI-powered voice chat and search on a free tier. Paid plans start at $51 per month for up to 20 users, adding voice and video calls, smart task sorting, task templates and workspace-wide AI search. AI agents for workflow automation and transcriptions of voice notes and calls are priced separately through a credit system.
The company targets a broad range of industries, from hospitality and construction to healthcare and fast food, and lists FedEx, Dollar General, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Casey's and Regal as clients. Weiss said branches of chains such as IHOP and McDonald's use the platform to coordinate shifts and discuss supply. Zenzap has 50 staff across the US, Tel Aviv and Europe and plans to hire in product and R&D.