We’re on a mission.

We believe in a world where big companies feel small and every employee has equal, instant access to the people, resources, and tools they need to do the best work of their career.

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Our Founding Story

After building products at category leading technology companies like Google, Snap & PayPal, Cameron Lindsay and Haibo Zhao came together to answer a burning question that consumed them for years:

How can software make big companies feel smaller?

Their pursuit led to more questions: How can we help distributed employees feel more connected to their coworkers? How can information accessibility foster a more inclusive culture? How can we deliver mission-critical information securely? How can we give admins the ability to manage how information is presented to their employees?

Introducing Haystack

The Haystack platform was born as an answer to those questions. A counterpoint to traditional intranets, Haystack connects people, knowledge, and communications instantly and securely, no matter where they are.

Our customers improve alignment, increase engagement, scale culture, and onboard new hires faster.

We’ve raised $8M+ from world-class investors like Coatue, Greycroft, and BoxGroup as well investments from the founders of Twitter, Riot Games, and more.

Our Investors

Biz Stone

Biz Stone

Co-Founder, Twitter

Marc Merrill

Marc Merrill

Co-Founder, Riot Games

Ashley Merrill

Ashley Merrill

Founder, Lunya Co.

Christopher Young

Christopher Young

EVP BD, Microsoft

Ari Mir

Ari Mir

Co-Founder, Clutter

Chris Ovitz

Chris Ovitz

Co-founder, OK Play

Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky

CPO, Adobe

Minnie Ingersoll

Minnie Ingersoll

Co-founder, Shift

BoxGroup

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Plaid, Flatiron Health, Blue Apron, Glossier, Ro Health, Airtable, Superhuman, and more.

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Greycroft

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Venmo, Segment, Acorns, Braintree, Scopely, Goop, Bumble, Bird, and many more.

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Coatue

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Uber, Snap, Box, Opendoor, Reddit, Doordash, Lyft, Rivian, Instacart, Impossible Foods, and more.

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