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Alfi - your group chat with social skills to bring friends closer
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Alfi by Text.ai is a San Francisco-based social AI startup that embeds an assistant inside existing group chats on SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, and its own app to help people plan, book restaurants, create images, manage reminders, and coordinate conversations with a "Friend OS" approach.
Primary product
Alfi, a social AI group-chat assistant
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Social AI / conversational intelligence
Offices
San Francisco, CA 94107 (HQ)
2261 Market Street STE 85011, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
Business model
freemium
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Jul 2025
Latest amount
$500K
Jul 2025
People & investors
Work & culture
Small founder-led team with roots at Tesla, OpenTable, Eventbrite, and Walmart Labs; the company emphasizes simplicity, first-principles thinking, human-first AI, and product growth driven largely by word of mouth.
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
The public hiring signal shows $100K-$150K base salary plus 0.20%-1.00% equity for a founding full-stack engineer, plus 401(k) and gym reimbursement; the posting requires U.S. citizenship or a valid visa.
Benefits
401(k) plan
Fitness/gym reimbursement
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium; free to use for up to 7 messages per 12 hours
Differentiators
- —Lives inside existing chats; no new app or signup required
- —Works across SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram
- —Understands group dynamics and when not to speak
- —Personalization and memory for preferences and inside jokes
- —Native utilities such as Yelp-based restaurant booking, reminders, calendar integration, and image generation
- —Organic, word-of-mouth-led growth with near-zero marketing spend
Technology
Python
React
React Native
GitHub
Shopify
Eventbrite
Customers
Consumers using group chats
Friends and family groups
People planning meals, events, and outings in messaging apps
Users who want AI inside existing SMS, WhatsApp, and Telegram conversations
Competitors
Standalone AI assistants
Messaging bots
Group planning / coordination apps
Chat-based social AI products
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
approximately $340K-$440K ARR
Estimated monthly visits
10.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Fondo · Feb 2026
Covers the Alfi launch and describes features like Yelp booking, image generation, social calendars, Group Wrapped, reminders, and multilingual support.
Powerhouse Capital · Feb 2026
Reports 100,000 users, over 11M messages, 150+ countries, and near-zero marketing spend, with word-of-mouth growth.
Y Combinator · Apr 2025
YC launch post introducing Text.ai as AI inside existing messaging apps, with founders Rushi Shah, Prahar Patel, and Paras Maniar.
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