Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025 (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

<a href="https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/palona-raises-20m-in-funding-to-bring-ai-automation-to-brick-and-mortar-businesses/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260818/i21.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260818/p21#a260818p21" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Mike Wheatley / <a href="http://siliconangle.com/">SiliconANGLE</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/palona-raises-20m-in-funding-to-bring-ai-automation-to-brick-and-mortar-businesses/">Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Artificial intelligence startup Palona AI, which is building an intelligence operating layer for physical businesses, is ready to show &hellip; </p>