Ando raises $20M to replace Slack, while keeping Slack as a bridge

Sara Du, the Alloy Automation co-founder, wants agents inside team conversations; Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence Capital backed the financing.

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Primary source: TechCrunch

Why it matters

Ando is betting that agents need to join the conversations where teams make decisions, which means winning a messaging migration as well as an AI product evaluation. Its waitlist and small-team focus show how early that test remains.

A professional works on a laptop displaying a team communication interface with subtle visual indicators of automated intelligence.

Sara Du (@saradu)'s Ando emerged from stealth on September 24th with $20 million in pre-seed and seed financing, pitching a new team messaging platform where AI agents can join conversations as coworkers. In its report on the launch, TechCrunch named Accel, [Index…

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