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Sidekick

Sidekick delivers AI-powered SMS-based answers to deskless workers, letting frontline employees get job information by text without needing a smartphone app or computer.

textsidekick.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·TEXTSIDEKICK·26
Stagenot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Raisednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Headcount1as of Mar 2026[6]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2025[6]
Money

Named investors include Y Combinator.[1][6]

People

Justin So, Co-Founder & CEO[6]

Signals
May 29 2026newsSidekick — Frontline answers, by text. company claim, not independently confirmed[4]
May 29 2026newsSidekick | ProductIntelHub[13]
May 29 2026newsSidekick (YC P26) - LinkedIn[14]
May 29 2026newsSidekick — Enterprise Software - F4 Fund[2]
Mar 1 2026newsJustin So noted as making TechCrunch list of most interesting startups from YC Demo Day[6]
Feb 1 2026fundingSidekick accepted into Y Combinator P26 cohort[1][6]
Comps

Beekeeper · beekeeper.io · Same buyer (employers with large deskless workforces), same problem (reaching workers who don't sit at desks), overlapping budget (HR/ops tech). Beekeeper requires app install; Sidekick's SMS-native wedge avoids that friction.[1][4]

Speakap · speakap.com · Same buyer segment and use case (frontline worker communication and knowledge delivery). App-based vs. Sidekick's SMS-native approach is the key axis of differentiation.[1][4]

Nudge · nudge.ai · Same deskless worker buyer; competes for the same HR/ops budget around frontline information delivery.[1][4]

Guru · getguru.com · Overlapping use case (employees getting answers to job-related questions from a company knowledge base), but Guru targets desk workers via browser/Slack; Sidekick targets deskless workers via SMS.[1][4]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[4]

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Sidekick

CALL NO.CS·TEXTSIDEKICK·26

Sidekick delivers AI-powered SMS-based answers to deskless workers, letting frontline employees get job information by text without needing a smartphone app or computer.

textsidekick.com · San Francisco

Stagenot publicly disclosed
Raisednot publicly disclosed
Headcount1
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2025
CompsBeekeeper +3

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