# Forest

> Forest is a SaaS operations platform for regulated companies, especially fintechs. Originating as Forest Admin, it connects business data and outside tools to back-office screens, workflows, approvals, permissions and audit trails used by human teams and AI agents.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Sandro Munda (Co-founder and CEO), Arnaud Besnier (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Forest Admin / Forest platform, Forest Workflows, Forest MCP Server and Client, Forest for Zendesk
- **Notable:** Raised a $7 million Series A in November 2019., Reported about 2,000 customers in 2019., Swan reported growing from roughly 10 to around 100 Forest users for payment and compliance operations.

## Products & services

- **Forest Admin / Forest platform** — Back-office interface over customer-controlled data, with collections, dashboards, workspaces, actions and role-based permissions.
- **Forest Workflows** — Case and process orchestration with approvals, dispatch, AI-assisted steps and deterministic decisions.
- **Forest MCP Server and Client** — Connects Forest workflows to outside MCP tools and lets permitted AI agents read records or trigger Forest actions and workflows.
- **Forest for Zendesk** — Puts live back-office records and governed Forest actions inside support tickets.

## Achievements

- Raised a $7 million Series A in November 2019.
- Reported about 2,000 customers in 2019.
- Swan reported growing from roughly 10 to around 100 Forest users for payment and compliance operations.
- Announced more than 25 fintech integrations in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Released MCP-triggered Workflows and a deterministic execution mode for Decision steps.
- **2026-09** — Described a Onepilot collaboration for escalated cases handled by outside experts within Forest governance.
- **2026-02** — Announced an MCP Server for AI agents and more than 25 fintech integrations.

## Links

- Website: https://forest.app
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forestadmin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ForestSaaS
- GitHub: https://github.com/forestadmin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forestadmin

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Last updated: 2026-09-29