Asana buys StackAI to make workflow agents native to work management

Asana's StackAI acquisition is a useful deals story because it shows application incumbents buying agent-building capability rather than waiting for model labs to own every workflow. TechCrunch reports that Asana bought StackAI for $75M and that founders Tony Rosinol and Bernard Aceituno will join Asana. StackAI, a Y Combinator Winter 2023 company, builds agents that work inside business systems such as Salesforce, Slack, and Google Workspace, and had raised just under $20M, including a recent $16M Series A. Asana has already launched AI Studio and AI Teammates, but the company wants its work-management graph and customer context to become an advantage in building the operating system for human-agent teams. The watch item is whether Asana can convert a no-code agent builder into durable enterprise usage before broader automation platforms and frontier labs crowd the same territory.

Key details: Asana, StackAI, $75M acquisition, May 28, 2026, Tony Rosinol, Bernard Aceituno, Y Combinator Winter 2023, $16M Series A.

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