Contextual AI launches Agent Composer to turn enterprise RAG into production-ready AI agents

In the race to bring artificial intelligence into the enterprise, a small but well-funded startup is making a bold claim: The problem holding back AI adoption in complex industries has never been the models themselves.

Contextual AI, a two-and-a-half-year-old company backed by investors including Bezos Expeditions and Bain Capital Ventures, on Monday unveiled Agent Composer, a platform designed to help engineers in aerospace, semiconductor manufacturing, and other technically demanding fields build AI agents that can automate the kind of knowledge-intensive work that has long resisted automation.

The announcement arrives at a pivotal moment for enterprise AI. Four years after ChatGPT ignited a frenzy of corporate AI initiatives, many organizations remain stuck in pilot programs, struggling to move experimental projects into full-scale production. Chief financial officers and business unit leaders are growing impatient with internal efforts that have consumed millions of dollars but delivered limited returns.

Douwe Kiela, Contextual AI's ...