Relay, an AI workflow automation tool, announced that it will be shut down, and its founder will join the Google Chrome team. Relay, an AI workflow automation tool, announced that it will be shut down, and its founder and CEO Jacob Bank and some employees will join the Google Chrome team.

The AI ​​workflow automation tool Relay announced that it will close down, and its founder will join the Google Chrome team. The AI ​​workflow automation tool Relay announced that it will close down, and its founder and CEO Jacob Bank and some employees will join the Google Chrome team. Bank announced on Monday that Relay will stop providing services to paying users on September 14, and free users will lose access on August 15. Plans for the app's shutdown were originally announced in July. Relay was launched in 2021 and is positioned similar to the "AI version of Zapier", helping companies handle repetitive tasks such as document writing, editing and project management through workflow automation. Bank joined Google in 2015 after the scheduling application Timeful he founded was acquired by Google. During this period, he was responsible for products such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Chat, and later left to found Relay. Bank revealed that he will return to Google as vice president of Chrome product, responsible for the Chrome product and developer relations team. He said that Chrome will be an ideal place for AI agents to play a role, and plans to promote the ability of AI to perform tasks in the browser. This personnel and business adjustment further reflects Google’s strategy of deeply embedding AI into core products. Following the integration of Gemini into search and Chrome, Google continues to expand the application of AI in user experience and Internet access. Google recently disclosed that the number of Gemini users has exceeded 1 billion. With the addition of the Relay team, Chrome's AI proxy capabilities may be further accelerated. via AI News (author: AI Base)