The startup, backed by Cyber Fund and Y Combinator, offers a text-message-based personal assistant that connects with Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Granola and Notion.
AI personal assistant startup Pally has raised $5.2 million in a funding round led by Cyber Fund and Y Combinator, valuing the company at $30 million. Pioneer Fund, Founders Inc, 468 Capital and angel investors also participated. The company focuses on delivering an AI personal assistant through a text-message interface, a consumer approach aimed at making automation feel more like messaging than a standalone app. Launched in 2025, Pally released its latest version in June, adding synchronization with Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Granola and Notion so users can let the assistant handle routine administrative work across email, workplace chat and note-taking tools. After receiving user authorization, it can book flights, manage inboxes, reply to messages and reserve restaurants. Pally uses Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and open-source models including Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2. Co-founder Haz Hubble said the company will not sell user data or use that data to train models, addressing a key trust issue for AI assistants that operate inside personal communications and productivity software.