--- title: "Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders" url: https://daily.dev/posts/klaviyo-acquires-elias-torres-agency-in-full-circle-reunion-for-tech-founders-efpecbu1h source_url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/klaviyo-acquires-elias-torres-agency-in-full-circle-reunion-for-tech-founders type: article source: "TechCrunch" published: 2026-08-05T20:10:42.483Z updated: 2026-08-06T10:02:01.471Z tags: ["business", "ai-agents", "ecommerce"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Klaviyo has acquired Agency, a three-year-old AI-powered customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres, for undisclosed terms. Agency had raised $32 million from Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, and Felicis. Torres will join Klaviyo as Chief Product Officer, leading Agency's 25-person team to expand Klaviyo's AI agents — Composer (marketing campaigns) and Customer Agent (post-sale support). The deal has a personal dimension: Torres hired Klaviyo CEO Andrew Bialecki at Performable in 2010, mentored him, and later backed Klaviyo's seed round as an angel investor. Klaviyo aims to bring its AI agents to 200,000 businesses and beyond, betting that its deep customer data gives it an edge over competitors like Decagon and Sierra. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers](https://daily.dev/posts/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers-qlfyvkjyq) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube](https://daily.dev/posts/agentio-secures-40-million-from-forerunner-as-it-scales-its-creator-marketplace-beyond-youtube-ldxoivypp) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/klaviyo-acquires-elias-torres-agency-in-full-circle-reunion-for-tech-founders-efpecbu1h)