# Christelle Rohaut

> Christelle Rohaut is the French environmental engineer and urban planner who co-founded Codi in San Francisco. What began in 2018 as a way to turn empty homes into neighborhood workspaces evolved through the pandemic into flexible private offices and, in 2025, an AI office manager designed to coordinate the physical chores of workplace operations.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Codi
- **Organizations:** Codi, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, École Polytechnique, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Clarity Movement, SPUR
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Engineering degree with a focus on environmental science, École Polytechnique, Master of City Planning, University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design
- **Known for:** Co-founded Codi in 2018., Won first place in UC Berkeley's 2018 Big Ideas Connected Communities category with Codi co-creator Laila Zouaki., Selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class of 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Selected for the Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship program to study circular economy principles.
- **2018** — Co-founded Codi while completing a Master of City Planning at UC Berkeley; Codi won first place in the Big Ideas Connected Communities category.
- **2020** — Codi adapted its neighborhood-workspace model during the pandemic; Rohaut was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class of 2021.
- **2021** — Codi shifted toward matching companies with underused commercial spaces and managing those offices.
- **2022** — Codi raised a $16 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2025** — Codi released a beta AI office-management product in May and officially launched its AI Office Manager in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Codi in 2018.
- Won first place in UC Berkeley's 2018 Big Ideas Connected Communities category with Codi co-creator Laila Zouaki.
- Selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology class of 2021.
- Selected as a 2017 Schmidt MacArthur Fellow.
- Led Codi through a $16 million Series A financing in 2022, bringing reported total funding to $23 million.
- Co-authored a 2017 publication on information and communication technology for participatory budgeting.
- Helped evolve Codi from a home-workspace marketplace into a flexible-office platform and then an AI office-management product.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Codi released the beta version of its AI office-management product.
- **2025-10** — Codi officially launched its AI Office Manager; Rohaut said the beta had signed 40 new companies and reached $100,000 in annual recurring revenue within five weeks.
- **2026-08** — Codi's current website presents the product as an AI office assistant and says its system has managed more than 220 offices.

## Links

- Website: https://www.codi.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christelle-rohaut-52117ab0
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/codiwork
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/codicommunity

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Last updated: 2026-08-18