# Sara Du

> Sara Du is the San Francisco-based founder and CEO of Ando, a team messaging platform for humans and AI agents. She previously cofounded Alloy Automation with Gregg Mojica and served as CEO. A self-taught engineer who attended Harvard before leaving, she is a Thiel Fellow and invests through *Asterisk.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Ando
- **Organizations:** Ando, Alloy Automation (now Kinter.ai), *Asterisk, The Thiel Foundation, Y Combinator, Snap, Wish, DoNotPay, Dorm Room Fund
- **Education:** Undergraduate studies; left after one year without graduating, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Cofounded Alloy Automation and led it as CEO., Alloy raised a $20 million Series A in February 2022., Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023, alongside Gregg Mojica.

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Invited to a Thiel Foundation summit while a high-school indie hacker.
- **Before 2019** — Worked at DoNotPay, attended Harvard, and worked in engineering at Snap; also worked in design at Wish.
- **2019** — Cofounded Alloy Automation with Gregg Mojica; began angel investing.
- **2020** — Alloy participated in Y Combinator’s W20 batch.
- **2022** — Alloy announced a $20 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- **2023** — Named to Forbes’ 2023 30 Under 30 list with Mojica; publicly announced her Thiel Fellowship.
- **2025** — Began building Ando after experimenting with AI agents and MCP servers.
- **2026** — Ando emerged from stealth on September 24 and announced $20 million in combined pre-seed and seed funding.

## Achievements

- Cofounded Alloy Automation and led it as CEO.
- Alloy raised a $20 million Series A in February 2022.
- Forbes 30 Under 30, 2023, alongside Gregg Mojica.
- Thiel Fellow.
- Founded Ando, which announced $20 million in combined early-stage funding in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Published AI UX: The Limits of Declarative Interfaces.
- **2026-07** — Published Building software that lasts, connecting architecture and city design to software foundations.
- **2026-09** — Ando launched publicly with $20 million raised across pre-seed and seed rounds from Accel, Index Ventures and Emergence Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://www.saradu.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradu
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/saradu
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarad.u/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11