17 August 2026updated 14 August

Town raises $55M to build AI that learns from employee data

• Town, a startup backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, created AI assistants called Townies that read employee emails and calendars.
• These assistants automatically build and maintain company wikis and knowledge bases, potentially replacing manual tools like Notion.
• A team version is planned, but the approach raises privacy concerns since it pools personal employee data to function.

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PlatformerCasey Newton

Town, a startup that raised $55 million from Andreessen Horowitz, is building AI assistants called Townies that learn about employees from email and calendar data to create self-maintaining company wikis and knowledge bases. The newsletter frames this as potentially replacing manual tools like Notion, with the CEO stating a team version is coming soon, though privacy challenges around pooling employee data remain significant.