Thira, an AI startup founded by Apptio co-founders to develop AI agents that handle back-office tasks such as IT support, raised a $21M seed led by Madrona (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Thira, an AI startup founded by Apptio co-founders to develop AI agents that handle back-office tasks such as IT support, raised a $21M seed led by Madrona — Sunny Gupta has led two prior enterprise tech companies with backing from venture capital firm Madrona in the past 20 years.