18 August 2026

Relay automation startup shuts down, CEO joins Google Chrome

• Relay, a workflow automation tool launched in 2021 to compete with Zapier, is closing. Paying customers lose access September 14.
• Jacob Bank, Relay's founder and CEO, is rejoining Google as VP of Product for Chrome to lead product and developer relations.
• Bank previously founded Timeful, a scheduling app Google acquired in 2015. He spent six years at Google before leaving to start Relay.
• Chrome will integrate AI capabilities to help users accomplish tasks, though specific plans remain unannounced.

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Relay, an AI workflow automation startup, shut down. Its CEO is now heading AI product for Google Chrome.

Reported by TechCrunch