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Pylon

Pylon is an AI-native support platform built for B2B companies that replaces legacy ticketing systems like Zendesk.

usepylon.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·USEPYLON·26
StageSeries BAugust 2025 · led by Andreessen Horowitz[1][2]
Raised$51Mdisclosed rounds[2][5]
Headcount105as of Jun 2026[5]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2022[2][6][7][8]
Money

Raised $51M across disclosed rounds.[2][5]

Series B closed August 2025, led by Andreessen Horowitz.[1][2]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, HorizonVC, Comma Capital.[2][3][4]

People

Marty Kausas, Co-Founder & CEO[6][7][8]

Robert Eng, Co-Founder[6][7][8]

Advith Chelikani, Co-Founder & CTO[6][7][8]

Fred Zhao, Head of Engineering[5][9]

Aditya Mehta, Head of Growth[5][9]

Jon Clark, Head of Support[5][9]

Calvin Cupino, Head of Revenue Operations[5][9]

Dan Guo, Head of Customer Success[5][9]

Ava O'Neill, Founding Product Manager[5][9]

Wendy Vang, Head of Design[5][9]

Paul Luu, Founding Technical Recruiter[5][9]

Jennifer Zhang, Head of Engineering[5][9]

Max Spencer, Manager - New Business Sales[5][9]

Signals
Jul 15 2026launchPylon launches Agentic Support Platform (beta)[6]
Jul 2 2026hiringPylon hiring Head of Account Management to scale to $100M[6]
Jun 23 2026launchPylon announces EU data hosting and London office[6]
Aug 20 2025fundingPylon Raises $31M Series B to Transform B2B Support[1][2]
Aug 28 2024fundingPylon raises $17M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz company claim, not independently confirmed[3]
Nov 23 2023fundingAnnouncing Pylon's Seed Round company claim, not independently confirmed[4]
Comps

Zendesk · zendesk.com · Pylon directly positions as a Zendesk alternative for B2B; over 150 customers have migrated from Zendesk to Pylon.[2][5]

Intercom · intercom.com · Pylon competes with Intercom in B2B support deals (seen in ~8.3% of Pylon's competitive deals) and customers have migrated from Intercom.[2][6]

Salesforce Service Cloud · salesforce.com · Pylon targets the same enterprise post-sales budget as Service Cloud; customers have migrated from Service Cloud to Pylon.[2][6]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[2][3]

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CALL NO.CS·USEPYLON·26

Pylon is an AI-native support platform built for B2B companies that replaces legacy ticketing systems like Zendesk.

usepylon.com · San Francisco

StageSeries B
Raised$51M
Headcount105
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2022
CompsZendesk +2

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