# Town

> Town is a San Francisco AI startup building a personal AI assistant - your 'Townie' - that plugs into the tools you already use (email, calendar, Slack, docs, WhatsApp, desktop and web), learns how you work, and proactively does the work for you. Founded in late 2024 by former Plaid CTO Jean-Denis Greze and ex-Google applied-AI director Tony Vincent, Town launched in 2025 as an AI-driven tax-and-compliance service for small businesses, then widened into a general-purpose assistant. It exited beta in June 2026 alongside a $55M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jean-Denis Greze (Co-Founder & CEO (former CTO of Plaid, engineering leader at Dropbox)), Tony Vincent (Co-Founder & CPO (former director of applied AI at Google, design at Dropbox))
- **Team size:** ~29 employees
- **Products:** Townie (Personal AI Assistant), Town for Small Business Taxes (original product)
- **Notable:** Raised $18M seed (2025) and $55M Series A (2026) within roughly 18 months., Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner Ventures and First Round Capital., Founded by former Plaid CTO and former Google applied-AI director.

## Products & services

- **Townie (Personal AI Assistant)** — A personalized AI assistant with a name, face and personality you choose. It connects to email, calendar, Slack, docs, WhatsApp, desktop and web, learns how you work, triages your inbox, runs scheduled routines, and proactively pitches in. Each Townie gets its own @town.com email address.
- **Town for Small Business Taxes (original product)** — An AI-driven tax-and-compliance service that pairs a dedicated tax advisor with frontier AI to automate document processing, data collection and regulatory navigation, surfacing deductions and credits so small businesses get the tax advantages large corporations enjoy.

## Achievements

- Raised $18M seed (2025) and $55M Series A (2026) within roughly 18 months.
- Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Forerunner Ventures and First Round Capital.
- Founded by former Plaid CTO and former Google applied-AI director.
- Helped hundreds of small businesses prepare FY2024 taxes within two months of its first launch.
- Successfully pivoted from vertical tax product to a general-purpose personal AI assistant.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Exited beta and launched the consumer Townie assistant alongside a $55M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with Forerunner Ventures.
- **2025-03** — Launched publicly as a small-business tax platform with an $18M seed round led by First Round Capital.
- **2024** — Founded in San Francisco by Jean-Denis Greze and Tony Vincent.

## Links

- Website: https://town.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/town-com
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TownAI

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Last updated: 2026-06-27