Wade & Wendy - About the company
Wade & Wendy is an acquired company based in New York City (United States), founded in 2015 by Drew Austin and Josh Brandoff. It operates as an Artificially intelligent assistants for hiring. Wade & Wendy has raised $13.1M in funding from investors like ff Venture Capital, Rothenberg Ventures and Randstad. The company has 84 active competitors, including 15 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Impress, Sense and Woo.
Company Details
Wade and Wendy is an AI-based recruitment automation software solution. The product offerings include Wade, an AI powered candidate assistance platform that chats with job seekers; Wendy, a virtual assistant that assists recruiters in understanding the company values and shortlisting the right candidates.
- Website
- wadeandwendy.ai
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@wadeandwendy.ai
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
New York City, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$13.1M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 84 active competitors
Employee Count
5 as on May 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by PandoLogic (May 20, 2021)
Wade & Wendy's acquisition details
Wade & Wendy got acquired by PandoLogic on May 20, 2021.
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Wade & Wendy's funding and investors
Wade & Wendy has raised a total funding of $13.1M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 27, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 05, 2019 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Wade & Wendy has 13 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Wade & Wendy:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 05, 2019 | 8809918 | Series A | 3062998 | 1276508 | 9302478 | 5851223 |
Jul 19, 2016 | 7137787 | Seed | 4768116 | 4711308 | 3526350 | 6530368 |
Apr 22, 2016 | 7348141 | Conventional Debt | 3308475 | 7341519 | 7127060 | 3296173 |
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Wade & Wendy's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Wade & Wendy are Drew Austin and Josh Brandoff.
Here are the details of Wade & Wendy's key team members:
- Drew Austin: Co Founder & CEO of Wade & Wendy and founder of 2 other companies, Knights of Degen and Red Beard Ventures. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- Josh Brandoff: Co-Founder of Wade & Wendy.
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Wade & Wendy's employee count trend
Wade & Wendy has 5 employees as of May 26. Here is Wade & Wendy's employee count trend over the years:
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Wade & Wendy's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Wade & Wendy include Impress, Sense and Woo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Wade & Wendy, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Company provides AI-based candidate interviewing chatbot | $4.2M | 65/100 | ||
2nd |  Sense 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of an AI-powered platform for talent engagement and recruiting | $90M | 61/100 | |
3rd |  Wade & Wendy 2015, New York City (United States), Acquired | Artificially intelligent assistants for hiring | $13.1M | 47/100 | |
4th | Provider of an AI-powered platform for tracking career moves and outreach | $11.4M | 47/100 | ||
5th |  Converz AI 2019, Kirkland (United States), Series A | AI-based candidate engagement platform for enterprises | $16M | 47/100 | |
6th |  Brazen 2007, Arlington (United States), Acquired | Chat based recruitment solution | $13.2M | 46/100 | |
7th |  Mya 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | AI-based recruitment management solution | $64.8M | 45/100 | |
8th | AI-powered chatbot for human resource management | - | - | 44/100 | |
9th | Audio-based assessment software | - | 42/100 | ||
10th | Provider of an AI-based recruitment assistant for HR teams | $11.1M | 41/100 |
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Wade & Wendy's Investments and acquisitions
Wade & Wendy has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Wade & Wendy
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Wendy, Chicago-based startup, launches AI story-building toolbox for kidsPR Newswire•Mar 05, 2025•Wade & Wendy, Lightbank, Interplay Learning, Omnicom Group and 14 others
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PandoLogic acquires Wade & Wendy, a recruitment chatbot providerStaffing Industry Analysts•May 23, 2021•PandoLogic, Wade & Wendy
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Wade & Wendy raises $7.6 million to help businesses automate hiring with chatbotsVentureBeat•Mar 05, 2019•Wade & Wendy
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Slack’s first big round of startup investments shows that it wants to do more than kill emailRecode•Jul 20, 2016•Slack, Growbot, Sudo, Candor and 1 other
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