TravelDailyNews · Jun 2026
TravelDailyNews reported Nowadays won People’s Choice at Business Travel Show Europe 2026, extending its run of industry innovation awards.
AI co-pilot for corporate retreat and event planning
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Nowadays is an AI-native corporate event planning platform for startups and enterprises that automates venue sourcing, vendor outreach, negotiation, proposal comparison, logistics, and budget management.
Primary product
AI-native corporate event planning platform
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Corporate event planning / event management software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Mercer Island, Washington, United States
Business model
B2B SaaS
tiered subscription
service fee
enterprise custom pricing
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.1M
Latest round
Seed · Dec 2024
Latest amount
$2M
People & investors
Leadership
CEO
COO
Founding Engineer
Chief of Staff
Founding Product Engineer
Hilary Le
Founding Product Engineer
Rachel Alexander
Founding Operator
Daniel Sun
AI Engineer
Akshaj Kadaveru
AI Engineer
Work & culture
Founder-led, fast-growing, hands-on startup with a small team of builders, designers, and operators; strong emphasis on ownership, execution, and AI-first product building.
Compensation
Public job postings show founding roles with base salaries roughly from $80K to $240K depending on role, plus equity grants from about 0.1% to 2.0%. Engineering/product roles cluster around $130K to $170K base with 0.5% to 2.0% equity; product designer postings were $100K to $150K with 0.25% to 1.25% equity.
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered pricing: Basic free/no service charge, Explorer with refundable deposit and 10% service charge, and customized Enterprise pricing; earlier reporting also described annual subscription and/or 5% sourcing fee.
Differentiators
- —AI-native from day one rather than AI bolted onto legacy event software
- —400K+ venue database
- —Automated venue outreach by email and phone
- —Negotiation and proposal comparison across venues
- —Negotiates in 22 languages
- —IATA-certified travel agency
- —Dedicated human support for higher-touch workflows
Technology
OpenAI
Anthropic
proprietary AI model
REST API
MCP
incident.io
Customers
Google
Amazon
BlackRock
Anthropic
Pylon
Mintlify
Airbnb
Notion
Supabase
Competitors
Cvent
Eventbrite
Partiful
Splash
Groupize
Kayak for Business
Direct Travel
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
13K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
PhocusWire · Nov 2025
PhocusWire highlighted Nowadays for its AI-native platform, founding date, San Francisco base, and 2026 strategic focus on scaling enterprise customers and partnerships.
Business Travel News · Oct 2025
Business Travel News covered Nowadays winning both judges’ and people’s choice awards at Business Travel Show America’s Innovation Faceoff.
PhocusWire · Dec 2024
PhocusWire profiled Nowadays’ product, customer segments, pricing model, proprietary venue database, and early traction with enterprise corporate-event users.
TechCrunch · Dec 2024
TechCrunch reported Nowadays raised a $2M seed round, detailed its AI venue-sourcing and negotiation workflow, and named the company’s backers and early customers.
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