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AI agents that automate customer success

Winter 2026Founded 20253 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA
AI insightcan contain mistakes
Customer Success AutomationSaaSSaaS and subscription companiesMedium competition
Moat
Multi-source signal integration (comms, support, usage, CRM) and churn prediction enable proactive interventions.
Key risk
Existing CS platforms (Gainsight, Totango) may integrate agent automation.
Why now
SaaS companies face margin pressure; AI-driven retention and upsells are high-ROI.
Competitors
Gainsight, Totango, custom CS agents

About

Pollen is building AI agents that autonomously improve retention. Pollen monitors every customer account to detect back-tested churn and upsell signals by connecting to your communications, support tickets, product usage, and CRM. Then, Pollen tells your team exactly which accounts need attention today and decides what to do next.

Founders Β· 3

Noah Yin
Noah YinFounder
AmazonBerkeleyColumbia

CEO @ Pollen | CS grad @ UC Berkeley | Integrated ML in Amazon Maps app used by 100k+ Prime drivers | Published 6 apps with cofounders | Conducted ML research on COVID-19 classification at Columbia.

Aldrin Ong
Aldrin OngFounder
AmazonBerkeley

Engineering @ Pollen. Berkeley CS '25. Aldrin worked at AWS as a SWE twice, where he implemented AI context retrieval pipelines and search indices, serving 3M users. Started building iOS and android apps at 15 and published 3 apps on the App Store.

Jeffrey Yum
Jeffrey YumFounder
Berkeley

Co-Founder & COO @ Pollen | Berkeley EECS | Ex. LLNL, Data Archive Team | Building AI Agents that automate customer success for founders.

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator Β· Feb 2026
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AI agents that make every customer feel like they’re your first.

Pollen launches an AI-driven platform that connects to email, support tickets, product usage, CRM, and external data to monitor every customer account with AI agents, detect churn and upsell signals, and provide a prioritized list of accounts with suggested actions and automation tools for drafting emails, decks, and renewal strategies.

Formerly β€œDaymi”

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