Posted by Alumni from TechCrunch
August 18, 2026
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. Bank, who previously spent a little over six years at Google, revealed that he would now be rejoining the tech giant as VP of Product for Google Chrome, where he will lead the product and developer relations teams for Chrome, according to his LinkedIn. 'I've spent my whole career doing one thing: building tools that help people get more done with AI, without sacrificing their personal creativity or insights,' said Bank in a post on X. 'And joining the Chrome team is an ideal opportunity to bring... learn more