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Ando
Backed byForerunner VenturesTotal raised$7.0M
StageSeries A
Hiring pace1 roles / 90d
Founded2025
Team size1-10
HQSan Francisco
About Ando
The company is building a work messaging platform where AI agents are actual teammates, not just tools. Its mission is to reimagine what a work messaging platform looks like when AI agents are actual teammates, not just tools. These statements define a focus on transforming work communication through AI-enabled teammates.
Open positions · 1
Founders & Leadership
Location
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Operations50%
- Engineering21%
- Design7%
- Leadership7%
- Product7%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Columbia University
- 2.Harvard University
- 3.Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- 4.Tecnológico de Monterrey
- 5.Minerva University
Team Worked At
- Verkada
- Alloy Automation
- Snap Inc.
- Northrop Grumman
- GroupM
Team Composition
14 people- Accounting3
- Entrepreneurship2 senior2
- Administrative1
- Arts and Design1
- Engineering1
- Legal1
- Operations1
- Product Management1
Funding History
Series ANov 2016
$7M
raised
Delivery-only NYC restaurant Ando raised a $7M Series A led by Forerunner; BoxGroup, Wildcat Venture Partners and strategic angels including Jimmy Fallon and Aziz Ansari participated.
Forerunner VenturesWildcat Venture PartnersBoxGroup
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