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Axel Travel (YC W19) — AI agent that saves you money on travel

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Axel Travel is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI agent that saves you money on travel. The founder listed is Stephen Grabowski (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 8, 2018).

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Axel Travel

New accelerator entry · 2018-11-08 · the record

Winter 2019
batch
20
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2019
Announced2018-11-08
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size20
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Travel, Leisure and Tourism
SectorsTravel
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSeattle, WA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://helloaxel.com/
Previously known asGordian Software

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