Tower
YC W24Toronto, CA · Founded 2024 · 3 employees · 7 known investors
Tower provides AI-powered due diligence infrastructure that collects, structures, and analyzes unstructured data from multiple sources to support financial and legal decision-making. The platform serves investment firms, corporate buyers, and their advisors conducting asset evaluations and transactions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechArtificial IntelligenceWorkflow AutomationLegalAI AssistantCanadaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W24)
Tower was founded in 2024 by Adam Dorfman and Andy Zhang.
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Adam Dorfmanin𝕏Co-Founder & CEOHe previously worked as an early engineer at Float, a Canadian corporate card company, and at Apple on software for audio hardware manufacturing and AI-powered computer vision research through DarwinAI. He studied mathematical physics at the University of Waterloo and completed internships in data science, machine learning, and software engineering.
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Andy Zhangin𝕏Co-Founder & CTOHe previously served as founding engineer at ArenaX Labs, a Web3 AI gaming startup that raised a Series A, and conducted reinforcement learning research at an investment trust; he holds degrees in computer science from the University of Waterloo and business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Investors · 7
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Angel InvestreportedBerlin · $135K
Flyer One VenturesreportedKyiv · $385K – $1.6M
Roosh VenturesreportedKiev
SpeedinvestreportedVienna · $5M – $30M
Also in the syndicate · 2
Celero VenturesDIG Ventureslead
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountPre-Seed & SeedMar 2026
DIG Ventures (lead), Speedinvest (lead), Angel Invest, Celero Ventures, Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures
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The YC application· Winter 2024 batch
Alumni Q&A
- What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
- The founders, Adam and a co-founder with backgrounds in software engineering and AI research, aim to reduce legal costs and automate repetitive tasks that occupy lawyers. They interviewed hundreds of lawyers and identified pain points affecting in-house legal teams.
- What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
- The founders envision lawyers spending their time on advisory and strategic work rather than tasks such as searching precedents or administrative work, with clients ranging from large corporations to individuals gaining access to more affordable legal services.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Tower list view11 shared keywordsTower is a fully-managed data flow orchestration platform that lets teams build Pythonic control flows and agentic workflows, with observability, logging, alerting, and metrics. It also provides environment-based management of settings and secrets across development and production.
Sensor Tower6 shared keywordsSensor Tower provides digital intelligence and analytics on mobile apps, games, web, and digital advertising, giving companies visibility into consumer behavior, usage, engagement, and competitor strategies. It serves marketers, app developers, and gaming leaders, with more than 2,500 enterprise customers worldwide.
Steam5 shared keywordsSteam is a digital distribution platform for purchasing, downloading, and playing PC video games, operated by Valve. It serves gamers worldwide and offers a client application with multi-language support.
Bentley4 shared keywordsBentley Systems develops software for infrastructure professionals across transportation, water, energy, cities, and mining sectors. The platform uses digital twin technology and data management to help engineers design, build, and operate infrastructure projects more efficiently.
Companies competing with Tower for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
In the news
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A $3 Billion Reason to Buy Tower Semiconductor Stock Herebarchart.com · Jul 2026
From crisis support to college funding: Tower Family Foundation awards 40 scholarships and supports 29 returning recipients | Wireless Estimatorwirelessestimator.com · Jul 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Tower do?
- Tower provides AI-powered due diligence infrastructure that collects, structures, and analyzes unstructured data from multiple sources to support financial and legal decision-making. The platform serves investment firms, corporate buyers, and their advisors conducting asset evaluations and transactions.
- Who founded Tower?
- Tower was founded by Adam Dorfman, Andy Zhang in 2024.
- Who are Tower's investors?
- Tower's investors include Y Combinator, Angel Invest, Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Speedinvest.
- Where is Tower headquartered?
- Tower is headquartered in Toronto, CA.