Elyos AI, a London-based startup building AI agents for the trades and field services industry, today announced it has raised €11.1 million ($13 million) in Series A funding to accelerate product development and international expansion.
The round was led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and Pi Labs. Elyos AI has raised a total of €13.7 million ($16 million) in funding.
Adrian Johnston, co-founder of Elyos AI, said, “Trades businesses are overwhelmed by calls, emails, and admin – and that friction directly costs them revenue. 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.”
Elyos AI was founded in 2023 by Adrian Johnston, Philippa Brown, and Panos Stravopodis as part of the Y Combinator programme. It provides AI agents for trades businesses, including plumbers, electricians, HVAC, and facilities operators, to automate customer communications, booking, dispatch, and follow-ups.
These AI agents can integrate with industry-standard systems and can handle inbound calls, outbound follow-ups, missed calls, and email workflows, allowing businesses to capture more jobs while reducing operational overhead.
The company claims to have witnessed rapid adoption. According to Elyos AI, its customers reported higher booking rates, faster response times, and significant reductions in missed calls after deploying Elyos AI’s agents.
“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. 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,” said James Palmer from Blackbird Ventures.
The fresh capital will be used to expand Elyos AI’s engineering and go-to-market teams, deepen integrations with field-service CRMs, and launch new AI agent capabilities across voice, email, and messaging. The company plans to expand internationally in 2026.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/01/yc-backed-uk-startup-elyos-ai-raises-e11-1-million-to-build-ai-agents-for-trades-and-field-services/
