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Series

Series is an AI-powered social networking platform that operates entirely inside iMessage, using conversational AI to facilitate warm introductions across Gen Z and professional users.

Why people are saving it

Relevant for anyone tracking Gen Z social or professional networking tools built natively inside iMessage rather than standalone apps.

What they're building

Series is a social networking product that lives entirely within iMessage, using conversational AI to broker warm introductions between users across college campuses and professional networks.

Foundation model usage

Low intensityConsumer inferenceAgentic loopsEmbeddings & semantic search

Series puts inference inside repeated consumer behavior rather than a one-off prompt surface.

NYC footprint

Series is part of the New York City AI startup scene, with a profile focused on its market category, stage, and product signal.

Funding

Latest funding: Pre-seed · $5.1M · April 2026. Total raised: $5.1M. Lead investor: Pear VC.

Platform / OpenAI fit

Good fit for personalization, conversational UX, recommendation loops, memory, multimodal understanding, and safe action-taking in consumer contexts.

Notes

Series is tagged featured based on buyer clarity, repeat workflow signal, public activity, and fit with the AI Atlas map.

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