Andi's Team

Who We Are

Andi is a startup based in San Francisco made by a small team, with some incredible support from friends and family, and amazing backers (especially Y Combinator).

Angela Hoover is co-founder and CEO. Jed White is co-founder and CTO. Nick Chan is our COO as well as a founding investor and advisor. Darren Waldren is our Chief Design Officer and created Andi's friendly brand and UX. Jacob Trebil is Andi's first full-stack engineer. And Keelie Bach is our founding marketing and events lead and has been there since Andi was just an idea.

Our little team has help from some amazing friends working freelance and part-time. Ashpreet Singh and Tracey Adams work on keeping Andi running and getting the word out with marketing and promotion. John Mauro and Michael Iile helped with amazing work on development and UX design. Thank you to Peggy Chan and Michelle Waldren who both do an incredible amount to support and care for the Andi team and keep us functioning, and thanks also to Sandra Dib, Alicia Brown, Jean Du and Juliette Brown for all their support and help. Thanks to Warto Bcogwene for our popular and friendly Andi bot illustration!

Special thanks also to our super-early advisors, investors and OG true believers Nick Chan, Tim Trumper, David White and Peter Bryant. David and Nick especially kept Andi (and its founders) alive and fed when it was just a dream and before there was even a company or product to invest in.

Thank you Y Combinator and Startup School!

A huge shoutout to Y Combinator and our awesome Group Partners, Jared Friedman, Nicolas Dessaigne, and Surbhi Sarna. Jared especially has been our champion and guiding light. YC's advice, belief and support has been critical for building Andi from a toy into an early-stage product that users love, and we could not have got this far without them. The team there believed in Andi super-early, and helped us turn it into something real.

We're deeply thankful for their incredibly great advice, support and encouragement.

Thank you also to the wonderful YC Startup School team, especially to Joan DeGennaro who was pivotal in Andi's early development. Andi was born on Startup School. It made a huge difference for us getting started! The free resources there are nothing short of mind-blowing, and the team is super friendly. It's the friendliest place to launch!

Thank you also to all our YC batch mates - the YC alumni network is like a superpower, and we're grateful to be part of it.

If you're building a startup, Apply to YC, and Join Startup School. It is the best decision you can make.

Thank you to Andi's investors and supporters

Thank you to our early investors, who believed in Andi's vision early-on. Andi's investors include Y Combinator, Gaingels, Goodwater Capital, K20 Fund, Acacia Venture Capital Partners, Fepo Capital and BBQ Capital.

Thanks also to our angel investors and super helpful advisors, including Lorenzo Thione from Gaingels, Russ Fradin, Leslie Goldman, Ken Drobish, and many more.

Andi wouldn't exist without all of these folks' incredibly generous belief, help and support.

Thank you to our Andi fam community

And finally and most importantly, thank you to our Andi user community members who have helped us with feedback, testing, and support. You encourage us, guide us, and help us work out what needs building and what is most important.

We love you all! 💕 💕 💕

Where are we located?

The company moved to San Francisco in early 2023, and is located near the Cerebral Valley area close to Hayes Valley.

Want to help?

We're looking to grow our team with folks who are unbelievably passionate about Andi and our mission to save the world from spam, misinformation and ad tech. We're looking for true believers - people who want to work their hearts out on something big that can make a real and positive impact on the world.

We're especially looking for AI engineers.

If you'd like to know more or get involved, please feel welcome to reach out to us at info@andisearch.com.

You can also join our Discord channel or we're on twitter as @MiamiAngela and @jedwhite

Or just leave us some Feedback with your email address and we'll reach out to you.