Accel leads $180M round valuing n8n at $2.5B as the automation startup doubles down on AI orchestration and enterprise adoption.
n8n, the open-source automation and AI orchestration platform, has raised $180 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to $240 million and valuing the company at $2.5 billion. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Meritech, Redpoint, Evantic, and Visionaries Club, as well as corporate investors NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm) and T.Capital. Previous backers Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Highland Europe, and HV Capital also followed on.
The new investment underscores a growing focus in the AI market: moving from smarter models to practical deployment. As enterprises pour billions into generative AI, many still struggle to integrate it effectively into daily operations. n8n aims to close this gap by providing orchestration, the connective layer that gets AI into production reliably, at scale, and with human oversight.
“Billions have been poured into AI tools by businesses and governments, but many organizations are struggling to see meaningful results” said Jan Oberhauser, founder and CEO of n8n. “The challenge isn’t accessing AI, it’s orchestrating it. n8n allows teams to build adaptable infrastructure that mirrors how organisations actually work.”
Founded in 2019, n8n began as an open-source automation tool before evolving into a platform for AI orchestration and workflow coordination. Its approach blends code, AI, and human input, giving users control over how much autonomy to grant to AI agents, balancing predictability with flexibility.
This middle ground, says Oberhauser, is where AI becomes useful for real businesses. Fully autonomous agents can be too unpredictable, while strictly rule-based systems demand heavy developer input. n8n lets organisations fine-tune that balance, connecting AI agents to live data, business tools, and human review processes in one environment.
The company now serves more than 3,000 enterprise clients, including Vodafone, SoftBank, and SEAT, and supports a community of over 700,000 active builders and developers who contribute nodes, integrations, and templates. In the past year, n8n reports 10x revenue growth and 6x user growth, though it has not disclosed revenue figures.
“Jan and the n8n team balance power and simplicity to bring AI automation to all users” said Ben Fletcher, Partner at Accel. “Its platform has become the brain behind orchestration for enterprises, government organizations, and AI builders. The community momentum around n8n is exceptional.”
The company will use the funding to expand engineering, add enterprise-focused features, and grow globally, including further integrations and developer tools that extend its orchestration capabilities.
From hobbyists automating their homes to the United Nations running mission-critical workflows, n8n’s platform has become a flexible base for AI deployment. The company’s long-term goal, Oberhauser said, is clear: “n8n becomes the default platform to build and deploy with AI.”