Upfront

A personal assistant for every homeowner

Y CombinatorWinter 2023InactiveConsumerHome and PersonalMarketplaceConsumerHome ServicesAI Assistant

What they do

Problem

Homeowners waste time and effort finding and coordinating reliable local home service professionals for projects.

Solution

An AI-powered text-based personal assistant that matches homeowners with a curated set of nearby home service pros via local business partnerships.

Who it's for

Homeowners who need help planning, sourcing, and coordinating home projects and repairs.

Founders

Thomas Stephens

Co-founder & CEO

I'm working to make the everyday climate fight more affordable as Co-Founder/CEO of Upfront. We help retailers sell clean energy products by using government & utility rebates to offer dramatically lower prices. Formerly, I was a Launcher & GM at DoorDash, where I helped DoorDash accelerate into the US suburbs and opened the first markets outside of North America (Australia, Japan). M.S. & B.S. Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Andrew Hoskins

Founder

I'm working to make the everyday climate fight more affordable as Co-Founder/CTO of Upfront. We help retailers sell clean energy products by using government & utility rebates to offer dramatically lower prices. Formerly, I was an engineer at Affirm where I helped build servicing and payments systems scaling to billions of dollars in GMV.