Google vet raises $8M for Continua to bring AI agents to group chats
David Petrou, the ex-Google engineer behind Goggles and Glass, has raised an $8 million seed round for Continua, his startup that embeds AI agents directly into group chats on SMS, iMessage and Discord. The agents can jump in to set reminders, launch polls, add calendar invites or build shared docs—then “hang back” when not needed. Continua fine-tunes LLMs for multiuser dynamics, letting participants summon or silence the AI. Backed by GV and Bessemer, the startup plans future monetization through event planning and trip-booking features.