Beating AI News, Ando Ends Its Hiatus and Raises $20 Million in Funding, Aiming to Build a New 'Slack' That Can Be Shared by Humans and AI Agents. This Round of Funding Came from Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence.
Ando Still Has Channels, Private Messages, Group Chats, and Voice Calls, But Agents Have Their Own Identities, Permissions, and Inboxes. They Can Browse and Join Channels on Their Own Without Humans Having to @ Them Every Time, and They Can Also Proactively Communicate with Other Colleagues. Different Agents Like Codex, Claude, Grokbot, and Devin Can All Be Integrated, And Teams Without Existing Agents Can Also Use Ando's Hosted Version Directly.
Ando Has Completely Discontinued Slack. For Example, After Someone Reports a Bug in a Chat, an Agent Can Take the Order on Its Own, Transfer the Mobile Task to Another Agent, and Then Have a Third Agent Review the Code; When Different Channels Are Discussing the Same Issue at the Same Time, Agents Can Also Proactively Bring Relevant People Together and Complement the Context.
Currently, Teams in Industries Such as Software, Real Estate, and Finance Are Using Ando in 15 Countries.