Storylane
YC S21San Francisco, US · Founded 2021 · 55 employees · Hiring · 2 known investors
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Storylane is a demo automation platform that helps sales and marketing teams build interactive product demos and conversational AI agents across websites, campaigns, and sales calls to qualify and convert buyers throughout the sales cycle.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
Storylane was founded in 2021 by Akash Bansal and Nalin Senthamil.
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Akash Bansalin𝕏Co-FounderAkash Bansal founded and operated Kinderlime, a preschool software platform, for seven years before its 2019 acquisition by Warburg Pincus. He has prior experience in product and pre-sales roles at Rambus and worked at multiple networking hardware startups.
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Nalin SenthamilinFounder & CEOPreviously, he co-founded Kinderlime, an early education platform that was acquired by Warburg Pincus, and served as CTO at DAQRI where he led product development for AR wearable applications. Earlier in his career, he worked on product recognition technology at Amazon and holds multiple patents in machine learning and computer vision.
Investors · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeedMay 2025Source ↗
- Undisclosed amountSeedSep 2021
Altair Capital (lead), Y Combinator (lead)
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Competitors · 5
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Guideflow2101 shared keywordsGuideflow is a platform for creating interactive product demos and guides that can be embedded on websites, emails, and support channels. The product is used by sales, marketing, customer support, and training teams to guide users through product features in a step-by-step manner.
Zapier2020 shared keywordsZapier provides a platform for connecting AI models and agents to workflows and business applications, enabling teams to automate tasks across over 9,000 apps without coding. The platform serves enterprises, operations teams, and businesses of all sizes looking to deploy AI-driven automation for lead capture, customer support, employee onboarding, and other business processes.
Canva1878 shared keywordsDesign platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
Atlassian1483 shared keywordsAtlassian offers a teamwork platform combining project planning, knowledge management, and AI orchestration tools for teams and their AI agents. Its products help organizations plan, execute, and deliver work at scale.
Scribe1314 shared keywordsScribe automatically captures and documents work processes, converting institutional knowledge into accessible workflows that teams and AI agents can reference. The platform enables organizations to identify inefficiencies, scale best practices, and integrate workflow data with AI tools for training and automation.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Storylane do?
- Storylane is a demo automation platform that helps sales and marketing teams build interactive product demos and conversational AI agents across websites, campaigns, and sales calls to qualify and convert buyers throughout the sales cycle.
- Who founded Storylane?
- Storylane was founded by Akash Bansal, Nalin Senthamil in 2021.
- Who are Storylane's investors?
- Storylane's investors include AltaIR Capital, Y Combinator.
- Where is Storylane headquartered?
- Storylane is headquartered in San Francisco, US.