Guide Startups

Sendbird

Winter 2016 · Active

The AI agent that doesn’t just support, it delights.

Location: San Mateo, CA, US

Founded: 2013

Team size: 300

About

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.

Founders

  • John S. KimCo-Founder/CEO

    Co-Founder and CEO of SendBird (YC W16), the world's #1 conversations platform for mobile apps with 320M monthly active users. Previous startup Paprika Lab (social gaming) was acquired by GREE. Korea's all-time no.1 pro gaming champion in Unreal Tournament. B.S. computer science. Engineer who likes brain, space, complexity. • Personal website: https://positivetenacity.com • IG: https://www.instagram.com/dosh

  • Brandon JeonFounder/Head of Trust and Safety

    Co-founder & Head of Developer Experience and Quality Engineering at Sendbird, the conversations platform for mobile apps.

  • Harry KimFounder/CTO