Lorikeet
Lorikeet provides AI-powered customer support agents for complex businesses, handling voice, chat and email interactions. The New York-based company has raised $49M in Series A funding and employs 101 people.
The growth story
Lorikeet grew from 3 to 101 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $49M along the way, most recently a Series A in August 2025.
About
Lorikeet sells AI agents that handle customer support across multiple channels for regulated industries like fintech and healthtech. The platform focuses on taking actions to solve problems rather than just directing customers to self-service options.
The company has grown to 101 employees since its 2023 founding and secured $49M in Series A funding in August 2025. Its investors include Airtree Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, and Claire Hughes Johnson.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Lorikeet's largest function with 26 employees. The company has a median tenure of 1 year, suggesting rapid recent hiring. Leadership includes investors like Claire Hughes Johnson, former COO of Stripe.
The Lorikeet org chart
Steve Hind (Co-Founder) leads 26 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 36 (+57% YoY), Product Management 12 (+200% YoY), Business Development 8 (0% YoY), Marketing 8 (+700% YoY), Sales 5 (+67% YoY), Operations 5 (+25% YoY).
Talent flow
Lorikeet's team comes primarily from Google, BCG, and Atlassian. Alumni have gone to Khosla Ventures, Anthropic, and Rokt. The company recruits heavily from the University of Sydney and UNSW.
Most common previous employers of Lorikeet staff: Google (8), Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (6), Atlassian (6), UNSW (6), Canva (5), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (4). Former Lorikeet employees most often moved to Khosla Ventures (1), Entrepreneurs First (1), Anthropic (1), Rokt (1), Shakers (1), mapo studio (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Lorikeet mafia
Lorikeet alumni have founded three companies: Mitable, Chapter, and Halyard. These startups have collectively hired at least six former Lorikeet employees.
3Mikun Adewole, was Forward Deployed Engineer until 2025Ryan Turnbull, was Staff Software Engineer until 2026Alex Hinds, was Founding Engineer until 2026Web traffic
Traffic mix: 47% direct, 31% search, 13% social, 6% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Lorikeet: Leadership (38), Teamwork (27), Python (Programming Language) (26), Public Speaking (25), Management (25), Microsoft Excel (23), Customer Service (23), Microsoft Office (23).
Where the team actually sits
Lorikeet people are concentrated in New South Wales, Australia (27), Greater Sydney Area (8), New York, United States (6), United States (4). 4 offices on record.
Search footprint
Lorikeet attracts about 811 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $7K a month if bought through ads. It gained 71 ranking keywords and lost 83 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Lorikeet has 101 employees as of September 2026.
Lorikeet has raised $49M in total, most recently a Series A round in August 2025.
Lorikeet was founded in 2023 by Steve Hind, Jamie Hall.
Steve Hind (Co-Founder) sits at the top of Lorikeet's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Lorikeet staff are Google (8 people), Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (6 people), Atlassian (6 people).
Former Lorikeet employees most often move to Khosla Ventures (1), Entrepreneurs First (1), Anthropic (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Lorikeet, including Mitable, Chapter, Halyard.
Lorikeet attracts about 811 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $7K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Lorikeet staff are Leadership, Teamwork, Python (Programming Language), Public Speaking, Management.
Lorikeet staff are concentrated in New South Wales, Australia (27), Greater Sydney Area (8), New York, United States (6).
Lorikeet has about 36 people in Engineering, up 57% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Lorikeet has about 12 people in Product Management, up 200% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 73 current and 35 former Lorikeet profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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