Sendbird (YC W16) — The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights
We believe in a future where AI unlocks human potential across all facets of life. We envision an A2A (Agent-to-Agent) world where AI agents connect businesses and individuals, empowering them to achieve more than ever before.
Sendbird is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights. The founders listed are John S. Kim (Founder/CEO), Brandon Jeon (Founder/Head of Trust and Safety), Harry Kim (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 17, 2015).
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We believe in a future where AI unlocks human potential across all facets of life. We envision an A2A (Agent-to-Agent) world where AI agents connect businesses and individuals, empowering them to achieve more than ever before. It’s a future where the impossible becomes possible, and human achievement is no longer bound by time and cognitive load. We power over 300M+ people's conversations every month and we are working with the leading customers such as DoorDash, Match Group, Yahoo!, PayPal, Walgreens, and have raised $220M+ in total funding from ICONIQ, Tiger Global, Meritech, Emergence, SoftBank Vision Fund, Steadfast, Shasta, and August.
John S. Kim
Founder/CEO
Brandon Jeon
Founder/Head of Trust and Safety
Harry Kim
Founder/CTO
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