Asana has acquired the workflow automation company StackAI for $75 million, aiming to strengthen its position as an AI-native workplace platform. StackAI's founders, Tony Rosinol and Bernard Aceituno, will join Asana following the acquisition.
AI Pivot and Strategic Goals
Asana positions this acquisition as part of its broader strategy to evolve into an “operating system for human-agent teams.” The announcement came alongside Asana's earnings and investor call.
About StackAI
StackAI, known for its AI workflow-automation system, designs agents that integrate with business systems such as Salesforce, Slack, and Gsuite. Part of Y Combinator’s Winter ’23 cohort, StackAI has raised nearly $20 million, with a $16 million Series A round led by investors including Gradient, Epakon Capital, Lobby VC, LifeX Ventures, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch.
Competitive Landscape
Despite competition from tools like Zapier and AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, StackAI's capabilities attracted Asana's interest. Asana's existing AI products, like AI Studio and AI Teammates, are seen as complementary to StackAI's offerings, focusing on deep integration into corporate workflows to leverage unique context and training data.
Asana's Market Challenges
Asana has faced challenges in public markets, losing over half its market cap since the launch of ChatGPT. The departure of founder Dustin Moskovitz as CEO exacerbated these issues. However, revenue growth continues, and the leadership is optimistic about the potential of its human-agent products.
CEO Dan Rogers stated, “This acquisition accelerates our roadmap and takes us into the next phase of human-agent work. We’re already seeing real momentum with AI Teammates and AI Studio… StackAI now lets them go further, agentifying the most complex business processes end-to-end.”
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/asana-acquires-no-code-agent-builder-stack-ai/
