VentureBeat January 30, 2025
Y Combinator-backed startup Martin AI announced today it has raised $2 million in seed funding to develop what it claims is a more intuitive and personalized AI assistant that could rival upcoming offerings from OpenAI and Google. The funding round included Pioneer Fund, FoundersX Ventures, Eight Capital, SV Tech Ventures, Sandhill Markets, Splash Capital and notable angel investors including DoorDash cofounder Andy Fang.
Founded by 19-year-old college dropouts Dawson Chen and Ethan Hou, who left Yale and Berkeley respectively, Martin AI has developed an AI assistant that can be reached through multiple channels including phone calls, text messages, email and Slack. The assistant manages calendars, email inboxes and to-do lists, and can even make calls or send texts on users’...