Sidekick

Sidekick

AI-powered SMS assistant for deskless workers.

San Francisco
1 employees
SaaS
Seed

About Sidekick

Sidekick is an AI-powered SMS assistant for frontline workers in manufacturing, auto dealerships, and retail. The idea came from Justin's father, who owns a manufacturing facility and asked him to build a tool to help with worker onboarding, training, and organizing company knowledge. Workers text questions in any language and get instant answers from their company's documents — no app, no login, works on any phone. They can send photos of equipment for instant identification or voice memos when their hands are dirty or they're wearing gloves. Managers upload documents and record video walkthroughs; Sidekick automatically generates step-by-step tutorials and a searchable knowledge base. When Sidekick can't answer, it escalates to the manager via SMS and learns from the response, getting smarter with every interaction.

Company details

Team Size1
LocationSan Francisco
IndustrySaaS

Funding

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Justin So

Justin So

Co-founder & CEO at Sidekick (YC S26). UPenn Masters in Computer Science. Previously Finance at Arm.

LinkedIn
AK

Aadip Khanal

Co-founder and CTO of Sidekick (YC S26), confirmed via YC company profile and f4.fund.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.