Glue Raises $20M for Agentic Team Chat

Embeds largest In-App MCP directory in the heart of team communication

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Glue, the first platform for agentic team chat, today announced a $20M Series A led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from Chapter One, Goldcrest Capital, and Craft Ventures, which incubated the company. The funding will accelerate Glue’s mission to transform collaboration by embedding MCP-powered, agentic AI directly into the core of team communication.

Glue has built the largest in-app MCP directory, with 35 apps available for one-click install and thousands more supported via custom MCP servers. MCP (Model Context Protocol) allows AI to obtain context from, and take actions across, thousands of apps. Teams can easily integrate their own internal tools and workflows, allowing users to direct actions across their apps without leaving their team chat. Glue AI decides at each step which app and tool to use to accomplish its goal.

“MCP is a game changer,” said Evan Owen, cofounder/CEO of Glue. “We built Glue from the ground up as an AI-native platform, and now with MCP, we can deliver the ultimate coworking space for humans and agents. MCP makes Glue exponentially more powerful. The future is agentic.”

How Glue is different

Glue does not compete with AI services like ChatGPT Business. Rather, it’s a fully-featured multi-player team chat application that works with many models including GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, and open-source models such as Moonshot’s Kimi K2.

Glue differentiates from other team chat apps with its threading model, which breaks channels into threads and groups, reducing noise and providing more precise context for AI.

Glue users benefit from:

• MCP-powered tools: instantly move work in and out of apps like Linear, Notion, Sentry, Vercel and Zapier to get information where it belongs in real-time.
• Multiplayer agentic AI: leverage models from multiple AI providers right in team conversations for precise context and intelligent decision making.
• Goal-oriented threads: Glue’s threading model reduces noise and distraction, enabling people to prioritize outcomes over distractions.

Built with open data at its core, Glue is customizable, extensible, and designed for teams of any size, from fast-moving startups to enterprises scaling complex workflows. The company emphasizes that data belongs to users, not the platform.

“Collaboration software has remained static while AI advances rapidly,” said Ramtin Naimi from Abstract. “Glue represents the future: a platform where agents and humans can work side by side, in context, with real impact.”

The new capital will be used to expand Glue’s product development, scale its infrastructure, and grow its team across engineering, design, and go-to-market functions.

About Glue

Glue is the first platform for agentic team chat, designed to make AI a core teammate in collaboration. Glue was co-founded by David Sacks and Evan Owen. Learn more about how Glue is shaping the future of work communication at glue.ai. Glue is actively hiring across multiple roles to help build the future of work communication: glue.ai/company.