Sophiie AI raises A$5M for trades OS

Sophiie AI raised A$5 million in seed funding at a reported A$30 million valuation to expand its AI operating system for trades and service businesses into the UK and US, according to the company’s funding announcement. The Gold Coast startup says its platform handles calls, scheduling, quoting, follow-ups, and payments for field-service operators, a narrower wedge than a general-purpose office agent. Builders should treat the round as a signal that vertical workflow ownership is attracting capital, much like the archive’s analysis of agent economics in professional services, not as proof that voice automation has cleared reliability risk.