Codi, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup founded by Christelle Rohaut and Dave Schuman, has unveiled an AI-powered platform designed to fully automate office management. The launch marks a bold evolution for Codi, which started as a flexible office space marketplace and is now positioning itself as a leader in AI-driven workplace automation.
Originally launched in 2018, Codi helped businesses find and manage flexible office spaces before remote and hybrid work transformed corporate culture. “The previous model of Codi required you to get the space through us,” CEO Christelle Rohaut explained. “Now, whatever office you lease, you can use our AI platform to automate all your office logistics.”
In its early days, Codi’s team manually coordinated vendors, space management, and office logistics. With rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the company has now built technology that essentially automates the very work its team once handled manually.
The platform entered beta in May and officially launched on Tuesday. According to Rohaut, Codi’s AI office manager can take over routine administrative work such as restocking pantries, scheduling cleaning services, and managing vendor communications. The company claims this automation can save businesses hundreds of hours annually, and significantly reduce administrative costs that typically reach $80,000 a year.
Codi charges a monthly management fee that Rohaut describes as “a fraction of the cost of an in-house or fractional office manager.” In just five weeks after releasing its beta, Codi reached $100,000 in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
The timing of Codi’s AI platform aligns with the widespread return-to-office movement. Yet, the role of office managers has changed dramatically. Many companies no longer employ full-time office managers, and those who remain often focus more on culture-building events than on logistics.
“Office management remains manual and broken,” Rohaut said, noting that Codi’s AI was trained on years of operational expertise and vendor data. This deep foundation enables the system to coordinate tasks autonomously once a company’s vendor network is integrated.
During its beta phase, the AI platform onboarded 40 companies, including TaskRabbit and Northbeam. Rohaut noted that many existing Codi clients, who previously used the company’s managed office services, are now migrating to the AI version for its efficiency and lower costs.
Rohaut sees Codi’s primary competition coming from traditional office management firms and workplace experience platforms like Envoy. But unlike these systems, Codi goes beyond digital coordination, it executes physical office operations autonomously.
“Legacy management companies still rely on humans to review, hire, and coordinate vendors,” Rohaut explained. “Codi replaces that layer with an AI that integrates a curated network of service providers and executes tasks end-to-end.”
Codi envisions a future where office spaces manage themselves, much like autonomous cars. “We want to remove the logistical burden of managing physical spaces and free human talent to focus on workplace culture and growth,” Rohaut said.
Since its founding, Codi has raised $23 million, including a $16 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2022. The company’s new AI platform represents a major step toward reimagining how businesses handle day-to-day office operations in an increasingly hybrid world.
