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Pipedream has raised $20.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Pipedream.
Pipedream was founded in 2019 by Tod Sacerdoti (CEO & Founder).
Pipedream has raised $20.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Pipedream delivers a low-code integration platform for developers building event-driven workflows. It connects applications, databases, and APIs, supporting AI agent deployment. The platform simplifies complex integrations, accelerating development and enabling efficient code execution for enhanced operational efficiency.
Founded by experienced professionals, notably Tod Sacerdoti, former CEO of BrightRoll, the team leveraged backgrounds in internet-scale applications and high-throughput data pipelines from Yahoo! and BrightRoll. They recognized the critical need for rapid integration and automation across diverse software systems, informing the platform's design.
Developers across various organizational sizes, from startups to large enterprises, use Pipedream for streamlined operations and powerful automations. Its vision focuses on significantly enhancing developer productivity. Pipedream ensures a secure, compliant environment with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR, meeting stringent demands of teams handling sensitive data.
Key people at Pipedream.
Pipedream has raised $20.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $20.0M Series A in May 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2022 | $20M Series A | — | CoinFund, ParaFi Capital, Pioneer Fund, Robot Ventures, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, True Ventures, Stani Kulechov, Stefan George, Tegan Kline, Tyler Scott Ward | Announced |
Pipedream was founded in 2019 by Tod Sacerdoti (CEO & Founder).
Pipedream has raised $20.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Pipedream's investors include CoinFund, ParaFi Capital, Pioneer Fund, Robot Ventures, SID Venture Partners, Solana Ventures, True Ventures, Stani Kulechov, Stefan George, Tegan Kline, Tyler Scott Ward.
Pipedream is a San Francisco-based technology company that provides a serverless platform for developers and knowledge workers to build, deploy, and scale AI agents, workflows, and integrations across thousands of APIs, apps, databases, and AI services.[1][2][4][5] It serves over 5,000 customers—including startups and Fortune 500 companies—by enabling rapid automation of use cases like AI agents, SaaS workflows, API orchestration, database automations, and event processing at scales exceeding 10 million events per second.[1][5] The platform solves the complexity of connecting disparate tools with features like 3,000+ pre-built connectors, a visual workflow builder, source-available components, one-click authentication, and code-level control via SDKs, processing billions of events while prioritizing security (SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR compliant).[1][3][4][5]
Workday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pipedream in November 2025, aiming to enhance its enterprise AI platform by integrating Pipedream's connectivity for AI agents that execute workflows across Workday and third-party systems.[5] This positions Pipedream to reach Workday's 11,000+ global customers, accelerating growth in agentic AI for enterprise automation.[5]
Pipedream was founded by Tod Sacerdoti, a Stanford and Yale alum who previously served as CEO and founder of BrightRoll, an ad tech company scaled to handle massive data pipelines before its acquisition.[2] Sacerdoti assembled a team of engineers with deep experience building internet-scale systems at companies like Yahoo!, BrightRoll, Affirm, Dropbox, and Instacart, including key members such as Adolfo Castellon (ex-Yahoo! engineering leader), Jason Endo (ex-Affirm, Yahoo!), Giao Phan (BrightRoll from founding to acquisition), and Danny Roosevelt (ex-Dropbox product).[2] The idea emerged from this expertise in high-volume event processing, evolving into a platform to democratize AI agent and workflow building for developers facing integration bottlenecks.[1][2]
Early traction came from its developer community, growing to over 1 million users and thousands of companies by supporting prototypes to production-scale automations.[1][5] Pivotal moments include launching source-available components on GitHub for community contributions and achieving security certifications that enabled enterprise adoption.[1][4]
(Note: Pipedream Labs at pipedreamlabs.co is a separate entity focused on autonomous underground delivery, unrelated to this software platform.[6])
Pipedream rides the agentic AI wave, where AI shifts from chat interfaces to autonomous agents that orchestrate actions across APIs, workflows, and data sources—critical as enterprises demand "insight to action" in people, money, and operations management.[2][5] Timing aligns with 2025's AI integration boom, fueled by models like those from OpenAI and hyperscaler APIs, amid market forces like SaaS fragmentation (thousands of apps) and the need for low-code scalability to cut dev time by 10x.[1][2][3]
It influences the ecosystem by open-sourcing components, powering 5,000+ companies' automations, and enabling startups/Fortune 500s to prototype AI agents rapidly—now amplified by Workday's acquisition, which embeds it into HR/finance workflows for 11,000 organizations.[1][5] This strengthens the shift toward composable AI platforms, reducing vendor lock-in and accelerating adoption in workflow automation markets projected to grow amid AI agent hype.
Post-acquisition by Workday, Pipedream will integrate into an end-to-end AI agent platform alongside acquisitions like Sana and Flowise, focusing on enterprise-grade agents for cross-system execution—unlocking workflows for 11,000+ customers.[5] Expect expansions in pre-built enterprise connectors, deeper Workday-native automations, and AI advancements like multimodal agents handling voice/video data. Trends like rising EPS demands (10M+), regulatory pushes for secure AI (e.g., HIPAA expansions), and "hyperautomation" will shape its path, evolving its influence from dev tool to core enterprise infrastructure. This deal cements Pipedream's role in making AI agents as seamless as today's cloud services, scaling its 10x productivity vision globally.[2][5]
