# SleekFlow and tawk.to

> SleekFlow and tawk.to both live inside the little chat window on a company's website, but they answer the same question in opposite ways. SleekFlow, founded in Hong Kong in 2019 by Henson Tsai, is a VC-backed, AI-first platform that treats every conversation as a path to revenue. tawk.to, launched in 2012 by Robert D'Assisi, is bootstrapped, gives its live chat away for free to millions of businesses, and only charges for extras like branding removal, AI Assist, and hired human agents at roughly a dollar an hour. This is a look at the two philosophies behind the chat box.

## Achievements

- tawk.to: free live chat used by millions of businesses, with widgets that touch 1.7 billion people monthly
- tawk.to: leading live chat market share with no VC funding and minimal advertising
- SleekFlow: $23.5M raised from Atinum Investment, AEF Greater Bay Area Fund, Tiger Global and others
- SleekFlow: 2,000+ enterprises across 70+ countries on an AI-first omnichannel platform

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — SleekFlow closes Series A+ funding taking total capital to $23.5M and ships AI Revenue Agent and Inbox Copilot
- **2026-06** — tawk.to tracked across roughly 200,000 domains, holding leading live chat market share

## Links

- Website: https://sleekflow.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sleekflow

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Last updated: 2026-08-06