Built Around People. Powered by Purpose. Designed for Real Work.

Since 2016, Avatar Buddy has had a simple belief: AI should be designed around people. From the very beginning, we listened first and co-created with real users to deliver meaningful, human-first solutions. This approach inspired our vision for function-specific AI agents—smart, secure tools that seamlessly integrate into the way people work. As we evolved, we formalized our mission as a public benefit company and joined the OpenAI developer community to champion ethical, responsible AI. Today, Avatar Buddy delivers cutting-edge, function-specific AI agents powered by Small Language Models (SLMs) and support by our AI Advisors.

Stephanie Sylvestre

Co-founder & Chief Visionary Officer

Liz Magnee-Schalch

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Bob Bernstein

Chairperson

Hunter English

Therapist

Jodi Engelberg

Design/Innovation Advisor

Kim Neal

CFO

Ester Rabinovici

Brand & Marcomm Advisor

Elissa Vanaver

Chief Communications Officer