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Parloa turns its $350 million war chest into a partnership web spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI

https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/05/parloa-350m-ai-agent-sap-microsoft-partnerships.avif

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Parloa, the Berlin-founded AI agent management platform valued at $3 billion, has announced strategic partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI, Five9, and Epic five months after raising $350 million in its Series D. The company has surpassed $50 million ARR with 150% net revenue retention and is positioning itself as the management layer for enterprise agentic customer service.

Parloa, the Berlin-founded AI agent management platform, has announced a wave of strategic partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI, Five9, and Epic as it deploys the $350 million it raised in its January 2026 Series D round. The company, which builds AI agents for enterprise customer service, has also surpassed $50 million in annual recurring revenue with 150% net revenue retention, according to its latest update.

The expansion follows one of the fastest funding trajectories in European enterprise AI. Parloa went from a $120 million Series C at a $1 billion...

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