Fogbender
Customer support tool purpose-built for companies that sell APIs
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LetterbookS23AI-native customer support platformShared: intercom, support, zendeskActive
PartnerStackS15PartnerStack is a full stack solution for partnerships.Shared: intercom, support, channelAcquired
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About Fogbender
Fogbender helps B2B companies support customer teams: think Intercom meets Slack's shared channels. Today, all customer software is explicitly or implicitly designed for helping individuals, not teams. This is forcing B2B companies - who sell products to teams, not individuals - to augment their default customer support platform (Zendesk, Intercom, Front, etc) with a second, "unofficial", system: Slack's shared channels. This causes a number of operational and logistical difficulties for both vendors and their customers, resulting in added costs, inefficiencies, and lost opportunities. With Fogbender, B2B vendors embed a team-to-team messaging widget directly on their customer dashboard, where all users belonging to an account can - with no additional authentication - 1) see a list of currently-open issues 2) participate in conversations with their own team and the vendor, and 3) search all historical discussions.
Truckee, CA, USA; Remote
Fogbender: questions
Which YC batch was Fogbender in?
Fogbender was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).
Is Fogbender still active?
Y Combinator lists Fogbender as active.
Where is Fogbender based?
Fogbender lists Truckee, CA, USA; Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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