Teamflow Founder's New Venture Publicly Launches No-Code AI Assistant "Lindy"

A startup led by Flo Crivello publicly launched “Lindy.ai,” a platform for building no-code AI assistants (referred to internally at Lindy as “Lindys”). The launch came after more than a year of development and six months of private beta testing, and the response to a demo video quickly drove a waitlist of roughly 70,000 people.

Details

• Founder’s background: Flo Crivello is a former Uber product manager and founder of Teamflow, a virtual office service that gained popularity during the pandemic. As Teamflow’s momentum faded once the pandemic subsided, he decided in early 2023 to pivot the company entirely toward AI agents
• Product goal: Positioned as letting anyone build their own personal AI assistant — without writing code — to handle a wide range of tasks, from managing email and calendars to fielding customer inquiries. The pitch: “an AI agent platform anyone can use, like Zapier”
• Road to launch: After more than a year of development and six months of private beta testing, the company opened access to all users on launch day
• Reaction: A demo video drove the waitlist to roughly 70,000 people, drawing significant attention right from launch

What happened next

Lindy continued expanding its feature set after launch, posting to Show HN in February 2024 to reach a broader developer audience. In July of that year, it rolled out a major overhaul, “Lindy 2.0,” enabling advanced workflow building through a flow editor.