AI context lab building Sauna — an intelligent workspace with persistent memory and learned user preferences
Wordware is a San Francisco-based AI context lab founded in 2021 by Filip Kozera and Robert Chandler (Y Combinator), building Sauna — an intelligent workspace and assistant designed around persistent memory and learned user preferences as the foundational substrate rather than as bolt-on features. The product composes long-term context across documents, conversations, and tools, and proactively surfaces relevant information. Wordware also ships a visual agent IDE that lets non-engineers build AI agents with natural language. The company raised an unusually large $30M seed in November 2024 led by Spark Capital with Felicis, Y Combinator, and Day One Ventures participating, signaling investor conviction in the memory-first agent thesis.
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2024-Q4
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Wordware going public?
No. Wordware is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Wordware's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Wordware. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Wordware filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Wordware.
Who are Wordware's investors?
Wordware's investors include Spark Capital, Felicis, Y Combinator, Day One Ventures.
How much has Wordware raised?
Wordware has raised $30M in total, most recently a Seed of $30M in Nov 2024.
Is Wordware publicly traded — can you buy Wordware stock?
No. Wordware is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Wordware on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Filip Kozera
Founded
2021
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~15
Total Raised
$30M
Growth
Pre-revenue/early; $30M seed (Nov 2024); building Sauna as an AI workspace where persistent memory is the substrate, not a feature
Last Round
Seed — $30M (Nov 2024) · Lead: Spark Capital
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Seed · $30M · 1y 11mo ago
privateTotal raised $30M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Seed
$30M
Nov 2024
Spark Capital
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
2
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Wordware" as of 2026-10-05. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+40% vs 2026-08
Open roles
14
via ashby
Product-build share
64%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
product-led hiring — 64% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
Designer (Brand and Marketing)Applied AI EngineerProduct DesignerSenior Frontend EngineerSenior Full Stack Engineer (Back-End)Staff Engineer
Counted from Wordware's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Filip KozeraRobert Chandler
Investors
Spark Capital · Felicis · Y Combinator · Day One Ventures
Products
Sauna (AI workspace with persistent memory)
Wordware visual agent IDE (natural-language programming for AI agents)
Personal-workflow automation engine
Competitors
Glean · Notion AI · ChatGPT (OpenAI) · Granola · Mem · Reflect
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.