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Chloe Samaha Spent 206 Days Doing the Work Her Software Would Later Automate
Before BOND became an AI chief of staff, Chloe Samaha was its human infrastructure - sending prompts by hand, listening closely, and learning that useful automation begins with work someone understands in embarrassing detail.
BOND
BOND is a San Francisco startup building Donna, an AI Chief of Staff for CEOs, founders and busy executives. Donna plugs into the tools a company already runs on - Slack, Gmail, Notion, Linear, Jira, Asana and more - learns how the organization actually works, and surfaces the highest-leverage moves: what shipped, who is blocked, and the top priorities for the day. Founded in 2025 by Chloe Samaha and Rene Sultan and backed by Y Combinator's X25 batch, BOND aims to give every founder an executive right hand that used to cost a six-figure salary.
Ambient
Ambient is a San Francisco startup building an AI Chief of Staff - a shared brain for leadership teams that pulls context scattered across meetings, chat, email, and docs and organizes it around the initiatives that matter. Founded in 2023 by Lawrence Coburn, Brandon Catcho, and Taylor McLoughlin, the product delivers daily prep dossiers, secure meeting notes, and red/yellow/green tracking on make-or-break initiatives for CEOs, Chiefs of Staff, and BizOps teams.