June Emerges From Stealth With $20M Funding to Automate Enterprise AI Integration
June, an AI startup founded by former Salesforce executives, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in pre-seed funding to help enterprises automate complex AI deployment and integrate software agents into legacy business platforms.
What Happened
Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence has generated significant demand for professional services, leading to a rise in forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) who manually configure AI systems within corporate settings. Seeking to address these operational hurdles through software, startup June launched out of stealth on Monday morning with $20 million in pre-seed funding. The investment round was led by Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures, alongside tech leaders including Michael Dell, Aaron Levie, and George Kurtz. June declined to disclose its valuation.
June was co-founded by Efrat Rapoport, Ohad Hen, Barak Goldstein, and Idan Tsitiat. The founders previously established Bonobo AI, a pre-transformer language model startup launched in 2017, which Salesforce acquired two years later. Following their tenure building AI initiatives at Salesforce, the team observed corporate clients repeatedly struggling to connect new AI capabilities to existing operational platforms. Rapoport noted that the team secured the pre-seed round without using a pitch deck.
Key Highlights
- June raised $20 million in pre-seed funding led by Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures.
- Investors in the round include Michael Dell, Aaron Levie, and George Kurtz.
- The company was founded by Efrat Rapoport, Ohad Hen, Barak Goldstein, and Idan Tsitiat, who previously sold Bonobo AI to Salesforce.
- June’s platform scans corporate software infrastructure to identify bottlenecks and generate step-by-step guides for deploying AI agents.
- The platform aims to reduce reliance on manual configuration by forward-deployed engineers and consultants.
Why This Matters
Integrating AI models into enterprise operations requires software to communicate with established data management systems such as Salesforce, ServiceNow, DataBricks, and Workday. Large corporations often face fragmented data, technical debt, and duplicate records across departments. While creating basic agent templates is simple, configuring agents to navigate messy enterprise databases remains a primary obstacle to AI implementation.
Former Salesforce executive Efrat Rapoport explained that while the broader industry has responded to integration challenges by hiring more personnel, June offers an automated alternative. For example, Paul Akinmade, chief strategy officer at major U.S. mortgage lender CMG, noted that his team spent weeks struggling to connect Claude Code with Salesforce. After testing June, CMG mapped and built agent deployments safely without requiring specialized external engineering teams.
What to Watch Next
June provides automated roadmaps that guide internal teams through cleaning data, connecting platforms, and building agent-powered workflows directly within their organizations. As companies seek to deploy active AI agents at scale, software solutions designed to automate integration with complex legacy systems will be closely evaluated by enterprise software leadership.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is June?
June is an AI startup that provides an automated software platform to help enterprise companies integrate AI agents into their existing legacy platforms.
Who invested in June’s pre-seed funding round?
The $20 million round was led by Marc Benioff’s Time Ventures, with additional investment from Michael Dell, Aaron Levie, and George Kurtz.
Who are the founders of June?
June was co-founded by Efrat Rapoport, Ohad Hen, Barak Goldstein, and Idan Tsitiat, who previously co-founded Bonobo AI before joining Salesforce.
How does June address enterprise AI deployment?
June scans existing business software systems to identify process bottlenecks and provides a step-by-step automated roadmap to clean duplicate data, connect systems, and construct agent workflows.
Source: Information in this article was compiled from reporting by TechCrunch.