Arphie

Total raised$3.0M
StageSeed
Founded2023
Team size1-10
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesAI/MLSaaSB2BAutomationEnterprise Software

About Arphie

Arphie is building a next-generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams. The founders met at Harvard over a decade ago while studying CS, ML, and business, and the team brings industry experience from Palantir, Uber, AWS, McKinsey, Microsoft, Scale AI, and Asana. The company is well-capitalized and backed by top-tier venture capital firms. Since starting commercialization in February 2024, it has seen rapid ARR growth driven by founder-led sales and primarily inbound demand. Arphie positions itself at the intersection of GTM and product, aiming to unlock faster, more aligned growth for technology companies.

Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitearphie.ai
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Founders & Leadership

LW

Lauren Wong

Chief of Staff at Arphie | Stanford MBA

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DS

Dean Shu

Co-Founder & CEO @ Arphie | AI agents for RFPs & questionnaires

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JL

Justin Lim

Software Engineer

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MC

Michael Chen

Co-Founder & CTO at Arphie

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering62%
  • Leadership15%
  • Sales8%
  • Operations8%
  • Other8%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Windsor
  2. 2.Harvard University
  3. 3.Stanford University
  4. 4.University of Michigan
  5. 5.New York University

Team Worked At

  • Asana
  • Palantir Technologies
  • IBM
  • Scale AI
  • McKinsey & Company

Team Composition

6 people
  • Engineering1 senior2
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Leadership1 senior1
  • Operations1

Culture & values

Emphasizes collaboration between go-to-market and product/engineering teams.

Life at Arphie

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