AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team

Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier , is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team. Jacob Bank, Relay’s founder and CEO, shared a company announcement Monday that reveals the app will be shutting down access for paying customers on September 14. Free customers would have already lost access as of August 15. The app’s closure was initially announced in July.