Elyos AI Raises a $13M Series A to Build AI Agents for the Trades
Posted by: electime 19th January 2026
Elyos AI, the AI platform for the trades and field services industry, today announced it has raised a $13 million Series A to accelerate product development and international expansion.
Elyos AI helps trades businesses – including plumbers, electricians, HVAC and facilities operators – automate customer communications, booking, dispatch, and follow-ups using AI agents that integrate directly with industry-standard systems. Its agents handle inbound calls, outbound follow-ups, missed calls, and email workflows, allowing businesses to capture more jobs while reducing operational overhead.
The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and Pi Labs, bringing Elyos AI’s total funding to $16m.
“Trades businesses are overwhelmed by calls, emails, and admin – and that friction directly costs them revenue,” said Adrian Johnston, co-founder of Elyos AI. “We’re building AI agents that work like effective front-office staff: answering every call, booking every job, and integrating deeply into the systems trades already use.”
The business was founded by Adrian Johnston, Philippa Brown and Panos Stravopodis in 2023 as part of the Y Combinator programme and has seen rapid adoption. Customers report higher booking rates, faster response times, and significant reductions in missed calls after deploying Elyos AI’s agents.
Elyos helps companies like Amax, a Fire and Security company in London. Tejas Mehta, the MD, had this to say “Before using Elyos, one of the biggest issues was the number of calls that were coming through. Elyos AI agents now handle 30% of technical calls with no human intervention. We’re now in a situation where we can’t imagine not working with Elyos.”
The new capital will be used to expand Elyos AI’s engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen integrations with leading field-service CRMs, and launch new AI agent capabilities across voice, email, and messaging.
“Elyos is going after a massive vertical market, and their deep understanding of trades businesses is evident in how well their voice agents perform in the real world,” said James Palmer from Blackbird Ventures. “Their growing traction and genuine customer love are powerful signals of product quality and the speed of the product and engineering team. We think Elyos is well positioned to define the AI category for field services and trades.”
“Trade services is a multi-billion-dollar industry underpinning how the built world functions, yet it has long been underserved by modern software,” said Faisal Butt, Managing Partner at Pi Labs.
“Elyos AI agents are helping trade businesses capture more revenue, improve customer experience and increase margins with a leaner operations team.”
Elyos AI plans to expand internationally in 2026, as demand for AI-driven automation in the trades continues to accelerate.
