Ande Raises More Than $52 Million to Build AI Agents for Corporate Entertainment

Ande has emerged from stealth with more than $52 million in seed and Series A funding to sell AI agents and marketplace software for corporate entertainment, a category the company says still relies on manual venue sourcing, approvals, contracts and expense reconciliation. The New York startup is betting that dinners, offsites, catering, sporting events and gifts are too operationally messy for broad personal assistants alone, because key facts such as availability, pricing and contract terms often live with venues rather than on the open web.