Northwind AI
AI agents that clear the IT queue.
Northwind AI builds AI agents that resolve routine IT tickets inside Slack and Microsoft Teams.
- Founded
- 2023
- HQ
- San Francisco
- Team
- 48
- Customers
- 120+
- Tickets resolved
- 1M+
- Raised
- $24M
About
Northwind AI builds AI agents that take repetitive work off IT teams. Its first product, Relay, resolves tier-one tickets such as password resets, access requests and software installs inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, with every action logged for audit.
The company was founded in 2023 by Dana Okafor and Sam Whitlock, who previously built service desk products at Fabrikam. Northwind AI is based in San Francisco, has 48 employees and is backed by Halcyon Ventures and Bluefin Capital.
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Northwind AI builds AI agents that take repetitive work off IT teams. Its first product, Relay, resolves password resets, access requests and software installs inside Slack and Teams, and logs every action for audit. More than 120 companies use it today. Northwind AI is based in San Francisco.
Leadership
Previously scaled the service desk product at Fabrikam to $40M in annual revenue.
Led platform engineering at Fabrikam. Holds two patents in automated ticket routing.
Milestones
- 2023 Founded in San Francisco
- 2025 Relay launches in public beta
- 2026 $18M Series A led by Halcyon Ventures
Recent coverage
- TechPulse: The AI agent that wants to empty your IT queue (Sep 2026)
- The Ledger Weekly: Northwind AI raises $18M Series A (Jun 2026)
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Press contact
Priya Raman press@northwind.example