Months after announcing a $3 million pre-seed, the AI networking startup Boardy is back with an $8 million seed announcement led by Creandum. 

The company connects users with other people when they call an AI agent who chats with them for a bit and then connects them with others it thinks they ought to know. Since announcing its launch and pre-seed in October, Andrew D’Souza, the company’s co-founder and CEO, said the company has made over 10,000 phone calls, facilitated over 9,000 calls, and helped startups land partnerships and investments. 

D’Souza says what was important about this $8 million round is that investors reached out to him organically after trying out his product.

“They spoke with Boardy directly before speaking with me or anyone on the team,” D’Souza said when reached via email.

Others in the round include Andy Dunn, Leah Brusque, and Andrew Yeung.