HOAi

25 employees

Other

Acquired

Founded 2022

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About HOAi

HOAi is an AI workforce platform for community association (HOA) management that uses machine learning and agentic AI to streamline labor-intensive processes such as handling calls, creating action items, processing invoices, and resolving resident requests. Founded by HOA insiders, the company's mission is to automate the operational burden of HOA management companies. HOAi scaled to serve over 1 million homes before being acquired by Vantaca in Fall 2024.

Company details

Team Size25

IndustryOther

Founded2022

Funding

StandoutYBacked by Y Combinator · P26

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Last stage

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Investors

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Founders

Meredith Hughes

Led customer experience operations at HOAi.

Haoyu Zha

Haoyu Zha founded HOAi after personally experiencing inefficiencies while serving on an HOA board. He is a Y Combinator alumnus (W22 batch) who led the company from inception through its acquisition by Vantaca in 2024.

Fields Pierce

Led operations at HOAi.

Zhixuan Lai

Zhixuan Lai is the co-founder and CTO of HOAi, bringing AI and engineering expertise from a prior role at Square. He led the technical development of HOAi's agentic AI platform.

Eric Baxley

Chief Marketing Officer at HOAi.

Michael Smith

Senior Software Engineer at HOAi.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

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

I pitch you to the company

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

A meeting lands on your calendar

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