Tolstoy
Founded 2020 · 53 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
Tolstoy is an AI-native commerce platform that integrates shoppable videos, AI-generated content, and AI shopping agents to personalize the customer journey for e-commerce brands. It serves online retailers by combining product video creation, content generation, and conversational AI to increase conversions and sales.
Investors · 3
Competitors · 10
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Firework97 shared keywordsFirework offers 1:1 Video Chat, a real-time video engagement tool that lets brands and retailers connect with online shoppers for product discovery, consultation, and support directly on their websites. It provides live one-to-one video sessions with co-browsing, screen sharing, AI integrations, and analytics for ecommerce environments.
BigCommerce (NASDAQ:CMRC)81 shared keywordsBigCommerce is a cloud-based ecommerce platform that enables merchants and retailers to build and manage online stores. The company serves retailers of all sizes across 150+ countries.
Tidio57 shared keywordsTidio is a customer service platform combining a help desk with Lyro, an AI agent that automates support conversations and can be trained on verified data sources. It targets small and medium businesses looking to scale customer support while keeping responses reliable and on-brand.
BloomReach52 shared keywordsBloomreach provides an AI-powered personalization platform (Loomi) with apps and agents spanning email, web, ads, search, and conversational shopping for ecommerce and marketing teams. Its Commerce Experience Cloud combines customer data, site search, content management, and marketing automation to deliver real-time personalized customer experiences.
Botpress51 shared keywordsBotpress builds AI agents for customer support and offers a helpdesk product (Botpress Desk) that resolves support tickets end-to-end, either on top of an existing helpdesk or as a standalone ticket management system. It targets support teams, with agents built via natural language, escalation and fallback logic, and integrations connected through OAuth.
ChatBot49 shared keywordsChatBot is an AI chatbot platform that businesses train on their own website, help center, and product docs to answer customer questions, recommend products, and assist with checkout across channels like website, Messenger, and SMS. It is aimed at ecommerce brands and online retailers looking to automate customer support and sales 24/7.
Netezza49 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Hellorep47 shared keywordsREP AI is an AI agent for ecommerce brands that handles sales and support by detecting shopper behavior, answering questions, guiding product discovery, and resolving support requests across chat, email, and social channels. It integrates with platforms like Shopify, Klaviyo, and Gorgias, consolidating sales, support, and helpdesk functions into one agentic commerce platform.
Salsify43 shared keywordsSalsify offers an Intelligent Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that turns product data into commerce experiences across physical, digital, and AI-driven ("agentic") shelves. It includes AI-powered automation tools and a conversational assistant to help brands manage product content and distribute it across retail and ecommerce channels.
Canva40 shared keywordsDesign platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tolstoy do?
- Tolstoy is an AI-native commerce platform that integrates shoppable videos, AI-generated content, and AI shopping agents to personalize the customer journey for e-commerce brands. It serves online retailers by combining product video creation, content generation, and conversational AI to increase conversions and sales.
- Who are Tolstoy's investors?
- Tolstoy's investors include Ground Up Ventures, MoreVC, Velocity.