Fryderyk Wiatrowski
| Fryderyk Wiatrowski | |
| Nationality | Polish |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, AI researcher |
| Employer | Zeta Labs |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Zeta Labs; creator of Viktor and JACE AI agents |
Fryderyk Wiatrowski is a Polish entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded Zeta Labs (also known as Zeta AI Inc.), a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and product company focused on developing autonomous AI agents. Together with co-founder Peter Albert, Wiatrowski has led the development of AI products designed to perform complex, multi-step tasks autonomously, including the company's flagship products Viktor, an AI productivity agent, and JACE, described as one of the first AI agents capable of completing cognitively complex browser-based operations.[1] In June 2024, Zeta Labs announced the closing of a $2.9 million pre-seed funding round backed by prominent AI investors including Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, attracting significant attention within the technology and artificial intelligence industry.[2] Wiatrowski has stated that the central mission of Zeta Labs is to free people from monotonous, repetitive tasks through advanced AI automation.[3]
Career
Founding of Zeta Labs
Fryderyk Wiatrowski co-founded Zeta Labs alongside Peter Albert. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and operates as an AI research and product company.[4] According to reporting by the Polish business publication Puls Biznesu, Wiatrowski and Albert set themselves the ambitious goal of liberating people from monotonous, repetitive work through the development of autonomous AI systems.[3] The company positions itself at the intersection of AI research and applied product development, building agents that can navigate digital environments and complete tasks that traditionally require human cognition and decision-making.[1]
Viktor
One of the products associated with Wiatrowski and Zeta Labs is Viktor, an AI productivity agent. Viktor has been featured in Huge Magazine, which profiled the product and its capabilities.[5] Viktor represents part of Zeta Labs' broader strategy of creating AI agents that can autonomously handle tasks on behalf of users, aligning with the company's stated mission of reducing the burden of repetitive cognitive work.[3]
Development and Launch of JACE
In June 2024, Zeta Labs publicly launched JACE, which the company described as the first AI agent capable of completing complex, multi-step tasks through browser-based actions.[1] Unlike conventional AI chatbots and assistants that primarily generate text-based responses, JACE was designed to interact directly with web-based interfaces, performing sequences of actions autonomously to achieve specified goals.[2]
SiliconANGLE described JACE as "an action-oriented generative AI assistant quite unlike any other," distinguishing it from the large number of conversational AI products available in the market at the time of its launch.[2] The product was positioned within a growing category of AI systems known as "AI agents," which are designed not merely to respond to queries but to take independent actions in digital environments. PYMNTS.com reported that the launch of JACE placed Zeta Labs within the broader industry trend of AI agent development that was gaining traction in 2024, as multiple companies sought to create autonomous systems capable of performing tasks beyond simple text generation.[6]
According to the company's public statements at the time of launch, JACE could navigate websites, fill out forms, conduct research across multiple pages, and execute other browser-based workflows that would otherwise require sustained human attention and effort.[1] This approach differed from many existing AI tools by emphasizing action completion rather than information retrieval alone.[2]
Pre-Seed Funding
On June 13, 2024, Zeta Labs announced the closing of a $2.9 million pre-seed funding round.[1] The round attracted investment from several notable figures in the technology and AI sectors. Among the lead backers were Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, both of whom are recognized as prominent investors in artificial intelligence companies. Gross is a former partner at Y Combinator and head of AI at Apple, while Friedman is the former CEO of GitHub.[2][1]
The funding round also drew participation from Polish technology investors. MyCompanyPolska reported that Bartek Pucek and Mati Staniszewski were among those who invested in Zeta Labs during this round, noting the company's ambitions in developing autonomous AI agents capable of independently executing complex tasks.[7]
The funding announcement was covered by numerous technology and business publications internationally. The SaaS News reported on the round in the context of the growing SaaS and AI agent market.[4] Pulse 2.0 described Zeta Labs as "an AI research and product company that is developing autonomous agents capable of efficiently performing complex and multi-step tasks" in its coverage of the funding.[8] The Chinese financial news platform Futunn also covered the funding round and product launch for its audience.[9]
The Puls Biznesu profile published in April 2025 noted that Zeta Labs had assembled investors "from the top shelf" (z najwyższej półki), emphasizing the caliber of backers that Wiatrowski and Albert had attracted for their venture.[3]
Industry Context
The launch of JACE and the funding secured by Zeta Labs occurred during a period of intense activity in the AI agent space. PYMNTS.com reported in June 2024 that "the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence agents — autonomous AI systems designed to perform complex tasks and interact with" digital environments — was accelerating across the technology industry.[6] Zeta Labs, under Wiatrowski's leadership, entered this competitive landscape with a focus on browser-based task automation, positioning the company among a cohort of startups seeking to move beyond the chatbot paradigm toward agents that could take meaningful actions in digital environments on behalf of users.[2]
SiliconANGLE's analysis of Zeta Labs' approach highlighted that JACE represented a departure from the predominant model of generative AI assistants, which at the time were largely limited to conversational interactions. The publication noted that Zeta Labs' approach involved building an agent that could autonomously perform sequences of browser-based actions, a technically distinct challenge from language generation alone.[2]
Continued Development
By April 2025, Puls Biznesu reported on the continued progress of Zeta Labs, profiling the company and its founders in a feature that noted the ambitious scope of the company's goals and the quality of its investor base.[3] The article underscored that Wiatrowski and Albert remained focused on their founding mission of developing AI systems that could relieve humans of repetitive cognitive labor, suggesting that the company continued to build upon the foundation established with the launch of JACE and Viktor.[3]
Recognition
The launch of JACE and the associated $2.9 million pre-seed funding round in June 2024 generated coverage across multiple international technology and business publications. The funding announcement was reported by PR Newswire,[1] SiliconANGLE,[2] PYMNTS.com,[6] The SaaS News,[4] Pulse 2.0,[8] and MyCompanyPolska,[7] among other outlets.
The involvement of Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman as investors was frequently cited in media coverage as an indicator of the perceived quality and potential of the venture. Both investors have extensive track records in backing AI companies, and their participation in the pre-seed round was noted as a distinguishing factor for Zeta Labs relative to other early-stage AI startups.[2][1]
Puls Biznesu, one of Poland's leading business newspapers, profiled Wiatrowski and Zeta Labs in April 2025, highlighting the company's work in building AI agents with backing from high-profile international investors.[3] The Viktor product was separately featured by Huge Magazine.[5]
The breadth of coverage — spanning American technology media, Polish business press, and Chinese-language financial platforms — reflected the international interest in both the AI agent category and in Zeta Labs' specific approach to autonomous task completion.[6][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Zeta Labs Raises $2.9M Pre-Seed Funding, Launches JACE - First AI Agent Capable of Complex Task Completion".PR Newswire.2024-06-13.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zeta-labs-raises-2-9m-pre-seed-funding-launches-jace---first-ai-agent-capable-of-complex-task-completion-302171252.html.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Zeta Labs unveils JACE, an action-oriented generative AI assistant quite unlike any other".SiliconANGLE.2024-06-13.https://siliconangle.com/2024/06/13/zeta-labs-unveils-jace-action-oriented-generative-ai-assistant-quite-unlike/.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Zeta Labs buduje AI z inwestorami z najwyższej półki".Puls Biznesu.2025-04-27.https://www.pb.pl/zeta-labs-buduje-ai-z-inwestorami-z-najwyzszej-polki-1240823.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Zeta Labs Raises $2.9 Million in Pre-Seed Round".The SaaS News.2024-06-14.https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/zeta-labs-raises-2-9-million-in-pre-seed-round.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "getviktor.com". 'Huge Magazine}'. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "AI Agent Helpers Gain Traction as Zeta Labs Raises $2.9 Million".PYMNTS.com.2024-06-17.https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2024/ai-agent-helpers-gain-traction-as-zeta-labs-raises-2-9-million/.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Bartek Pucek i Mati Staniszewski inwestują w Zeta Labs. Startup pozyskał łącznie 2,9 mln dolarów".MyCompanyPolska.pl.2024-06-13.https://mycompanypolska.pl/artykul/bartek-pucek-i-mati-staniszewski-inwestuja-w-zeta-labs-startup-pozyskal-lacznie-2-9-mln-dolarow/15072.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Zeta Labs: AI Research And Product Lab Secures $2.9 Million".Pulse 2.0.2024-06-15.https://pulse2.com/zeta-labs-ai-research-and-product-lab-secures-2-9-million/.Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Zeta Labs获得290万美元的种子轮融资，推出JACE - 首个能够完成复杂任务的人工智能代理".Futunn.2024-06-13.https://news.futunn.com/post/43691948/zeta-labs-raises-2-9m-pre-seed-funding-launches-jace.Retrieved 2026-03-11.