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Town

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Town
Type
Personal Assistant

A personal AI assistant, called a Townie, that connects to your email, calendar, Slack, docs, and WhatsApp. It learns how you work and starts proactively pitching in on scheduling, follow-ups, and other admin work.

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Town Sep 10, 2026Product updates

Townie adds Google Maps lookups, Decks templates, and live voice chat

Town rolled out three small feature updates to Townie over about a week. On September 4, 2026, Townie gained access to Google Maps, so you can ask it to look up a place, check its hours or rating, or get directions and travel times. On September 9, 2026, Town Decks got a bigger update: you can now build custom themes, save a deck as a reusable template, and use a more capable deck editor. On September 10, 2026, Townie added live voice conversation powered by OpenAI's GPT-Live, so you can tap a talk icon anywhere in the app and speak with it the way you would with a person.

Your move: Three small feature adds over one week, nothing to change today

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Town rolled out three small feature updates to Townie over about a week. On September 4, 2026, Townie gained access to Google Maps, so you can ask it to look up a place, check its hours or rating, or get directions and travel times. On September 9, 2026, Town Decks got a bigger update: you can now build custom themes, save a deck as a reusable template, and use a more capable deck editor. On September 10, 2026, Townie added live voice conversation powered by OpenAI's GPT-Live, so you can tap a talk icon anywhere in the app and speak with it the way you would with a person.

Why it matters

None of these require anything from you today. If you already use Town, the Maps lookups and voice mode are worth trying next time you need directions or would rather talk than type, and the Decks upgrade is useful if you build shareable decks with your Townie.

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Town Sep 3, 2026Group texts

Townies can now join your group texts and work in their own browser

On September 3, 2026, Town let you add your Townie to group texts with other people, including their own Townies. Once added, a Townie can go get things done using its own browser rather than just answering in the chat.

Your move: Add your Townie to a group chat with other people's Townies

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On September 3, 2026, Town let you add your Townie to group texts with other people, including their own Townies. Once added, a Townie can go get things done using its own browser rather than just answering in the chat.

Why it matters

If you coordinate plans with people who also use Town, this lets your Townies work together directly in a shared group chat instead of you relaying between two separate one-on-one conversations.

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Town Sep 3, 2026Series B funding

Town nears a $1 billion valuation after a rival's complaint reshuffles its investors

Town is raising $90 million in a new round that would value the company at $1 billion, according to Upstarts Media. Index Ventures had signed a term sheet to lead the round, but pulled out after Instinct, a rival personal AI assistant startup that Index also backs, complained about the conflict of interest. Conviction, a VC firm with stakes in both companies, also withdrew its planned participation. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures are stepping in to co-lead instead, joined by earlier investors Andreessen Horowitz and First Round. This follows Town's $55 million Series A round in June 2026.

Your move: A rare public rift among AI assistant investors

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Town is raising $90 million in a new round that would value the company at $1 billion, according to Upstarts Media. Index Ventures had signed a term sheet to lead the round, but pulled out after Instinct, a rival personal AI assistant startup that Index also backs, complained about the conflict of interest. Conviction, a VC firm with stakes in both companies, also withdrew its planned participation. Forerunner Ventures and Menlo Ventures are stepping in to co-lead instead, joined by earlier investors Andreessen Horowitz and First Round. This follows Town's $55 million Series A round in June 2026.

Why it matters

This is investor drama, not a product change, so there's nothing to do with Town today. It does show how competitive the personal AI assistant space has gotten: Instinct, the same rival that forced Index out of this deal, raised its own $250 million round about a week earlier at a $2.5 billion valuation, also backed by Index.

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Town Jun 3, 2026Series A launch

Town launches out of beta with a $55M Series A

Town came out of beta on June 3, 2026, with a $55 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), joined by Forerunner Ventures, First Round, Alt Capital, and Conviction. Town is a personal AI assistant, called a Townie, that connects to your email, calendar, Slack, docs, and WhatsApp, learns how you work, and starts proactively helping with tasks like scheduling, follow-ups, and admin work. It was founded by Jean-Denis Grèze, former CTO of Plaid, and Tony Vincent, former director of applied AI at Google.

Your move: A well-funded new entrant among personal AI assistants

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Town came out of beta on June 3, 2026, with a $55 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), joined by Forerunner Ventures, First Round, Alt Capital, and Conviction. Town is a personal AI assistant, called a Townie, that connects to your email, calendar, Slack, docs, and WhatsApp, learns how you work, and starts proactively helping with tasks like scheduling, follow-ups, and admin work. It was founded by Jean-Denis Grèze, former CTO of Plaid, and Tony Vincent, former director of applied AI at Google.

Why it matters

This puts Town in the same category as Poke, Instinct, Catch, and Pally: a proactive personal AI assistant that works across the tools you already use instead of a dedicated app alone. The $55 million raise is large for this category, so it's worth knowing about as a well-capitalized competitor, but this is a funding and launch announcement, not a feature you need to act on.

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