Zoom.ai Inc.

Zoom.ai Inc.

Zoom.ai Inc. was founded in 2016 by CEO Roy Pereira, who previously founded two other startups, including the social commerce platform Chimp. The company operated out of Toronto, Canada, and positioned itself in the enterprise AI assistant market alongside players like x.ai and Clara Labs. Wealth origin is undisclosed, as the firm was venture-backed rather than a family office. The company's product was a conversational AI bot that integrated with Google Calendar, Office 365, Slack, and Salesforce to automate meeting scheduling, reminders, and simple workflow tasks. It targeted mid-market and enterprise customers seeking to reduce administrative overhead. The company did not disclose detailed deployment data or a portfolio of holdings, as it was a product company rather than an investment vehicle. Its geographic footprint was primarily North America. Zoom.ai disclosed approximately $4M in total funding across two rounds: a $1.4M seed in 2017 and a $2.5M Series A in 2018, led by ScaleUp Capital with participation from MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (per Crunchbase, public record). The company did not disclose team size or adjacent vehicles. A known recent event is the company's apparent cessation of operations; its website and product went offline by early 2022, though no formal shutdown announcement was made (per public record). The firm's structural differentiator was its focus on a narrow, verticalized AI use case — calendar automation — rather than a broad platform play. This approach allowed it to integrate deeply with existing SaaS tools, but it also limited its market scalability relative to larger competitors. The company's governance was standard for a VC-backed startup, with Pereira as CEO and a board including investors from ScaleUp Capital.