Ando wants to take on Slack with a team messaging app that lets humans and agents work together
Ando left stealth with $20 million to build team chat where AI agents work beside humans.
Ando, founded by Sara Du, came out of stealth with a team messaging app meant to replace Slack for companies that want AI agents to participate as teammates rather than installed bots. Agents get identities and inboxes and can join channels, direct messages, group chats, and transcribed calls, including without being tagged. The company raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence, and says it is working with mostly small customers in software, real estate, and finance across 15 countries.
- Ando gives agents identities, inboxes, channels, and unprompted conversation access.
- It raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from Accel, Index, and Emergence.
- Customers are mostly small teams in software, real estate, and finance across 15 countries.
- Slack, Teams with Copilot, and Jack Dorsey’s Buzz already mix humans and agents.
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Ando has raised $20 million in pre-seed and seed funding from investors including Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence.
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