Why ServiceNow built a startup inside itself to take on AI-native rivals
Why ServiceNow built a startup inside itself to take on AI-native rivals. For two years, ServiceNow’s challengers have built businesses around frustrations with its software. Their pitch centers on two complaints: Implementations take too long, and employees increasingly expect help inside tools they already use rather than through a separate portal. The IT service management startup Serval, which says it intends to replace ServiceNow, rode that argument to a $1 billion valuation last December, raising $75 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Anas Biad, a Sequoia partner, made a comparison ServiceNow would probably prefer not to hear..
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