a16z Leads $47M Series A in Lightfield, the AI-Native CRM
a16z Newsletter · rss · 2026-09-10
a16z announces leading Lightfield's $47M Series A. Lightfield is an AI-native CRM with a flexible data model that auto-builds from emails and calls, using a temporal context graph. Its agents handle updates and follow-ups, with pricing based on work done. Since launch, thousands of companies have adopted it, switching from Salesforce and HubSpot. Founders Keith Peiris and Henri Liriani previously built Tome, an AI presentation tool with 25M users.
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