Sequoia Backs Sable's 'AI Employee' — $45M Round to Close the 'Diffusion Gap' in Live Customer Sessions

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Sequoia announced its partnership with Sable ('Closing the Diffusion Gap'), corroborated by the July 16 roundup showing Sable raised $45M from Sequoia, 8VC, and BoxGroup. Sable pitches an AI employee that can see, click, and explain inside live customer sessions — attacking support/CX and onboarding SaaS by acting on the screen rather than deflecting tickets. The 'diffusion gap' framing (getting AI actually used in production workflows) is the wedge, not raw model capability.