Bond

Your AI Chief of Staff

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

About

Our AI Chief of Staff gives CEOs and busy executives instant visibility into project progress, team performance and key company metrics. Eliminating status updates and saving execs 10+ hours a week.

Recent News & Mentions

Jun 1, 2023FundingBond - Seed Jul 1, 2020FundingBond - Series A Aug 1, 2019FundingBond - Seed Mar 1, 2014FundingBond - Seed

Financial History

Bond has raised $45.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in June 2023.

Total Raised

$45.0M

Valuation

N/A

Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 4, 2026	Elevenlabs	$500.0M Series D	Sequoia Capital	AMP Coalition, Andreessen Horowitz, BroadLight Capital, Evantic Capital, ICONIQ Growth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NFDG Ventures, Smash Capital, Valor Equity Partners
Nov 1, 2025	Celero Communications	$100.0M Series B	—	Angelic Ventures, CapitalG, Innovation Endeavors, Principia Growth Equity, Trajectory Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, Vendep Capital
Oct 1, 2025	AlgoX2	$4.0M Seed	—	Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Coatue, FirstMark Capital, Hanabi Capital, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Oct 1, 2025	EvenUp	$150.0M Series E	—	645 Ventures, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, DCM, DTCP, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Forerunner Ventures, Foundry Group, Greylock, High Alpha, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maverick Capital, NFX, Ribbit Capital, SignalFire, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, Underscore VC, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Howie Liu, Marc Benioff, Matt Macinnis, Mike Liu, Mike Vernal, Scott Belsky
Sep 1, 2025	Marloo	$3.0M Seed	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Matt Ocko, Peter Beck
Sep 1, 2025	Baseten	$150.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Acrew Capital, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, C2 Investment, Conviction Partners, DTCP, Forerunner Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Sangeen Zeb, Infinite Capital, IVP, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Plaid, Predictive VC, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Jarrod Dicker, The General Partnership, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Charles Zedlewski, Cristina Cordova, DJ Patil, Dylan Field, Frederic Kerrest, Greg Brockman, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Peter Reinhardt, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, Will Gaybrick, Zachary Sims
Aug 1, 2025	TensorZero	$7.0M Seed	—	Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Citi Ventures, Coatue, FirstMark Capital, Hanabi Capital, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Aug 1, 2025	Syenta	$6.0M Seed	—	Airtree Ventures, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Greg Kidd, Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Jul 1, 2025	Blink Ops	$50.0M Series B	—	Greenoaks Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sharin Fisher Dibrov
Jul 1, 2025	Nebulock	$6.0M Seed	—	Airtree Ventures, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Sweater Ventures, Greg Kidd, Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Jul 1, 2025	Substack	$100.0M Series C	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, Mike Kerns, TCG (The Chernin Group), The Hit Forge, UpHonest Capital, VU Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Audrey Gelman, Conor Bronsdon, Emmett Shear, Hari Lakshmanan, Kenji Niwa, Mark Pincus, Rich Miner
Jul 1, 2025	Replit	$250.0M Series C	—	Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bora&Sons, BoxOne Ventures, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Harpoon, Hitachi Ventures, McCarthy Capital, Aaron Jacobson, Polychain Capital, Softbank Group, Streamlined Ventures, SV Angel, Mike Kerns, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, UpHonest Capital, VU Venture Partners, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Y Combinator, Audrey Gelman, Conor Bronsdon, Emmett Shear, Hari Lakshmanan, Jeff Bezos, Joshua Webster, Kenji Niwa, Madhu Chamarty, Mark Pincus, Mattia Astori, Matt Mazzeo, Paul Graham, Richard Branson, Sam Altman, Sathvik Bilakanti, Sue Xu, Vinay Hiremath
Jul 1, 2025	Moonvalley	$84.0M Seed	—	Clear Ventures, Engineering Capital, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Prosperity7 Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Third Rock Ventures, Transformation Capital
Jul 1, 2025	Ambience Healthcare	$240.0M Series C	—	Accel, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Buckley Ventures, Floodgate, General Catalyst, Greylock, Haystack, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Lux Capital, Matrix, Next Play Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Open AI Startup Fund, Tribe Capital, Venture Highway, Y Combinator, Bradley Horowitz, Elad Gil, Gokul Rajaram, Henry Kravis, Justin Mateen, Nico Rosberg, Paul Graham
Jul 1, 2025	Aidoc	$110.0M Venture Round	—	Alpha Intelligence Capital, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Sapphire Ventures, Square Peg Capital, TCV, TLV Partners, Transformation Capital, Danny Hadar, Uday Sandhu
Jun 1, 2025	Halter	$99.0M Series D	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Matt Ocko, DCVC (Data Collective), Octopus Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Akshay Kothari, Dylan Field, Peter Beck
Jun 1, 2025	Deep Sentinel	$15.0M Series B	—	Addition, Benchmark, Greylock, Insight Partners, K2 Global, Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Josh Elman, Megan Quinn
Jun 1, 2025	Zoot	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Archetype, Blisce, Bow Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, CoinFund, Compound, Craft Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Electric Capital, Graph Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, North Island Ventures, Paradigm, Reform Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Yes VC, Andre Iguodala, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Jeff Morris, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Rashaun Williams, William Mougayar
Jun 1, 2025	Warp	$10.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Addition, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Basecamp Fund, Bee Partners, Blue Bear Capital, Contrary Capital, Craft Ventures, Floodgate, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Giza Polish Ventures, Greylock, Frederique Dame, Haystack, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, LAUNCH, Lux Capital, Makers Fund, Maniv Mobility, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Next Play Ventures, Hans Tung, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Slow Ventures, The General Partnership, The House Fund, Toyota Ventures, Tribe Capital, Ultratech Capital Partners, Ulu Ventures, UP.Partners, Venture Highway, Volition Capital, Workday Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam Back, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Catherine Lu, Ding Zhou, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Emmett Shear, Gokul Rajaram, Henry Kravis, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Weil, Kyle Vogt, Manish Chandra, Marc Benioff, Nico Rosberg, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Tony Xu
Jun 1, 2025	Decagon	$130.0M Series C	—	8VC, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accel, Afore Capital, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Airtree Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, DTCP, Endeavor Health Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nasdaq Ventures, Andrew Schoen, Hans Tung, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, Primary Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, Theory Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Bernard Arnault, Frederic Kerrest, Greg Kidd, Howard Schultz, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Scott Belsky
May 1, 2025	Samaya AI	$44.0M Series A	—	AI4ALL, Alumni Ventures, GFT Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Madrona Ventures, Tiffany Luck, New Enterprise Associates, Radical Ventures, Y Combinator, Lukas Biewald, Marc Benioff, Oliver Cameron, Shane Neman, Thomas Tull, Yann LeCun
May 1, 2025	ClickHouse	$350.0M Series C	—	Accel, AIX Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Citi Ventures, Coatue, Costanoa Ventures, DTCP, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, General Catalyst, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Hanabi Capital, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed India Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12, Maven Ventures, MMC Ventures, Philip Chopin, Shailendra Singh, Preston-Werner Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Swift Ventures, TCV, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trinity Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, Y Combinator, York IE, Alex Stamos, Amjad Masad, Augusto Marietti, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Bob Muglia, Christian Reber, Christopher Golda, Dylan Field, Gerhard Eschelbeck, Jeff Bezos, Kevin Weil, Kyle York, Mark Cuban, Mattia Astori, Peter Sonsini, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Stanley Druckenmiller, Tobias Lutke, Yann LeCun
May 1, 2025	Unblocked	$20.0M Series A	—	Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, Accel, AI4ALL, Alkeon Capital, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Axiom Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Blockchange Ventures, Conviction Partners, Decibel Partners, DFJ, DTCP, Electric Capital, Expa, Forerunner Ventures, G2VP, General Catalyst, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Hardware Club, Heretic Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Intel Capital, InterWest, Madrona Ventures, Kazuma Ieiri, Operator Collective, Picus Capital, Radical Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Tribe Capital, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Don MacAskill, Eric Futoran, Frederic Kerrest, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Abbott, Mike Vernal, Neha Narkhede, Nitay Joffe, Oliver Cameron, Quinn Slack, Ron Pragides, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Yan-David Erlich
May 1, 2025	Slash	$41.0M Series B	—	Amara VC, BoxGroup, Chemistry VC, Company Capital, Felicis Ventures, FPV Fund, Goodwater Capital, Rick Yang, New Enterprise Associates, Shine Capital, Spark Capital, Susquehanna Capital, Justin Mateen, William Hockey
Apr 1, 2025	HoneyHive	$6.0M Seed	—	AIX Ventures, C2 Investment, Felicis Ventures, Hack VC, Insight Partners, Preston-Werner Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Jeff Hammerbacher, Yan-David Erlich

Funding Rounds Raised

Date	Round	Other Investors
Jun 1, 2023	$2.0M Seed	Alt Capital, General Catalyst, Notion Capital, Anil Dharni, Arash Ferdowsi, Dave Balter, Dylan Field, Humberto Ayres Pereira, Liu Jiang, Mario Götze, Rich Miner, Sara Lannin
Jul 1, 2020	$32.0M Series A	Coatue, Great Oaks Venture Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Seven Seven Six, Y Combinator, Dan Ciporin, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Matt Mazzeo, Scott Banister
Aug 1, 2019	$10.0M Seed	9Yards Capital, Adverb Ventures, Amity Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Craft Ventures, Elefund, Ensemble VC, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Innovent Capital Group, Jigsaw VC, K9 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Sinai Ventures, Spero Ventures, Susa Ventures, Tribe Capital, TSVC Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vine Ventures LP, Jeffrey Lee, Louis Beryl, Russell Cook, Scott Banister, Scott Belsky, Stewart Butterfield, Todd Corenson, Vivek Garipalli
Mar 1, 2014	$1.0M Seed

Financial History

Bond has raised $45.0M across 4 funding rounds.

Total Raised

$45.0M

Valuation

N/A

Leadership Team

Key people at Bond.

Leadership Team

Key people at Bond.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Bond is a San Francisco-based AI productivity platform launched in early 2025 that offers "Donna," an AI Chief of Staff designed to give CEOs and busy executives real-time visibility into project progress, team performance, and key company metrics[1][3][6]. By integrating with tools like Slack, Jira, Notion, GitHub, and Salesforce, Donna eliminates the need for status update meetings and manual reporting, saving executives over 10 hours per week and enabling faster, more informed decision-making[1][3][5]. Bond’s mission is to collapse unnecessary management layers and help companies scale more efficiently by providing instant clarity and automated updates, effectively rewriting executive leadership workflows in the AI era[2][4].

Origin Story

Bond was co-founded in 2025 by Chloe Samaha and Rene Sultan, who envisioned a future where organizations operate with a small number of humans supported by AI employees[2][3]. Their extensive research, including over 2,000 interviews with CEOs and Chiefs of Staff, revealed that knowledge management is broken due to data silos and inefficient communication[4]. This insight led to the creation of Donna, an AI assistant that democratizes executive support by providing a single source of truth across all organizational tools, enabling leaders to focus on strategic priorities without the noise of traditional status updates[2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique AI-Powered Executive Assistant: Donna is purpose-built for CEOs and senior executives, unlike generic project management tools, providing tailored insights and proactive alerts on risks, blockers, and wins[3][5].
Seamless Integration: Connects with multiple workplace tools (Slack, Jira, Notion, GitHub, Salesforce) to aggregate data and deliver a unified, real-time dashboard of KPIs, project statuses, and team capacity[3][5].
Automated Workflow Management: Captures every task, follows up with team members, and ensures no deadlines or action items are missed, reducing mental load on executives[6].
Privacy and Security: Runs inside company infrastructure to keep data secure, with SOC II compliance and enterprise readiness[3].
Time and Cost Savings: Eliminates the need for status meetings and manual updates, saving executives 10+ hours and thousands of dollars weekly[1][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Bond rides the wave of AI-driven automation and digital transformation in enterprise productivity. As companies increasingly adopt AI-first operations, Bond addresses the critical pain point of information overload and fragmented communication by collapsing management layers and enabling leaner, faster scaling[2][4]. The timing is crucial as the proliferation of SaaS tools creates data silos and "data fog," which Bond’s AI-powered platform effectively dissolves, empowering executives to anticipate issues rather than react to them[4][6]. Bond’s approach influences the broader ecosystem by setting a new standard for executive workflow automation and knowledge management in the AI era.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Bond is poised to expand its impact by deepening integrations, enhancing AI capabilities, and scaling adoption among startups and larger enterprises seeking to optimize executive productivity[3]. Trends such as the rise of large language models (LLMs), vector search, and AI-driven analytics will shape Bond’s evolution, enabling even more sophisticated insights and predictive capabilities. As AI continues to redefine organizational structures, Bond’s role as the AI Chief of Staff could become indispensable, fundamentally changing how leadership teams operate and make decisions. The company’s vision of a future with fewer humans and more AI collaborators positions it at the forefront of the AI-driven workplace revolution[2][4].

Sources

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Bond?

Bond was founded in 2025 by Chloe Samaha (Founder).

How much funding has Bond raised?

Bond has raised $45.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.

Who are Bond's investors?

Bond's investors include Alt Capital, General Catalyst, Notion Capital, Anil Dharni, Arash Ferdowsi, Dave Balter, Dylan Field, Humberto Ayres Pereira, Liu Jiang, Mario Götze, Rich Miner, Sara Lannin.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who founded Bond?

Bond was founded in 2025 by Chloe Samaha (Founder).

How much funding has Bond raised?

Bond has raised $45.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique AI-Powered Executive Assistant: Donna is purpose-built for CEOs and senior executives, unlike generic project management tools, providing tailored insights and proactive alerts on risks, blockers, and wins[3][5].
Seamless Integration: Connects with multiple workplace tools (Slack, Jira, Notion, GitHub, Salesforce) to aggregate data and deliver a unified, real-time dashboard of KPIs, project statuses, and team capacity[3][5].
Automated Workflow Management: Captures every task, follows up with team members, and ensures no deadlines or action items are missed, reducing mental load on executives[6].
Privacy and Security: Runs inside company infrastructure to keep data secure, with SOC II compliance and enterprise readiness[3].
Time and Cost Savings: Eliminates the need for status meetings and manual updates, saving executives 10+ hours and thousands of dollars weekly[1][3].