# A new chapter in the Taskade journey — $5M Series Seed Investment from Grishin Robotics and Y Combinator.
> By the time Dionis, Stan, and I started Taskade, we had been working together as a remote, distributed team for many years. We enjoyed the freedom and flexibi...
- Source: https://www.taskade.com/blog/taskade-5m-seed-funding-yc-grishin-robotics
- Published: 2019-10-24
- Updated: 2026-04-06
- Author: John Xie
By the time Dionis, Stan, and I started Taskade, we had been working together as a remote, distributed team for many years.
> **TL;DR:** In 2019 Taskade raised a $5M Series Seed from Grishin Robotics and Y Combinator with 2,000+ active teams. Today the platform spans multiple project views, frontier AI models, 100+ [integrations](https://www.taskade.com/integrations), and [Taskade Genesis](https://www.taskade.com/create) — turning prompts into living apps for distributed teams worldwide.
```mermaid
flowchart LR
A[Seed 2019
$5M YC + Grishin]:::pink --> B[AI Era 2022
GPT in workspace]:::teal
B --> C[AI Agents 2024
Custom tools + memory]:::blue
C --> D[Taskade Genesis 2025+
Prompt to living app]:::green
classDef pink fill:#2a1225,color:#ff8fa3,stroke:#ff2d60,stroke-width:2px
classDef teal fill:#11111b,color:#cdd6f4,stroke:#00d4aa,stroke-width:1.5px
classDef blue fill:#0d1b2a,color:#7dd3fc,stroke:#38bdf8,stroke-width:1.5px
classDef green fill:#0d1a0e,color:#86efac,stroke:#22c55e,stroke-width:1.5px
```
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $5M Seed from YC + Grishin Robotics, 2,000+ teams |
| 2022 | Taskade AI launches inside the workspace |
| 2024 | AI Agents v2 — custom tools, persistent memory |
| 2025 | [Taskade Genesis](https://www.taskade.com/create) — prompt to living app |
| 2026 | Multiple views, frontier AI models, 100+ [integrations](https://www.taskade.com/integrations) |
> **Then → Now:** 2019 remote collaboration tool → today's Workspace DNA (Memory + Intelligence + Execution) with [AI agents](https://www.taskade.com/agents), [automations](https://www.taskade.com/automate), and a public [Community Gallery](https://www.taskade.com/apps) of Genesis apps.
```mermaid
xychart-beta
title "Taskade Journey 2019-2026"
x-axis [2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026]
y-axis "Major Milestones Shipped" 0 --> 10
bar [1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
```
```
2017 ────── 2019 ────── 2022 ────── 2024 ────── 2026
│ │ │ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
Open $5M Seed Taskade AI Agents Workspace
beta YC + GR AI in v2 + tools DNA + 100+
ships 2,000 workspace + memory integrations
teams + Genesis
```
We enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of working from anywhere, and the ability to hire and partner with great people without geographical restrictions. Despite our positive sentiments about working remotely, we were frustrated about having to hack together multiple tools in order to get things done.
That is why we built Taskade, one simple tool that allows teams to manage projects, brainstorm, write product specs, and video chat together seamlessly, with everything syncing in real-time across all devices. There are tools you can hack together for remote work. Then, there are remote-native tools: tools like Taskade built by and designed for remote teams.
We spent this summer at Y Combinator in Mountain View, California to accelerate and grow Taskade. We learned from the best product minds, shipped many exciting updates, and brought the team closer together towards a common goal, to help distributed teams succeed. Special shoutout to our amazing partners Jared Friedman, Eric Migicovsky, Brad Flora, and Uri Lopatin and everyone else that have guided us at Y Combinator.
Along this journey, we met amazing founders, mentors, and Dmitry from Grishin Robotics. We soon discovered that Dmitry’s vision for the future of work aligned with ours.
Today, we are thrilled to share the next chapter in the Taskade journey: $5M in financing from Grishin Robotics and Y Combinator, with participation from new and existing investors. Dmitry Grishin, founder of Grishin Robotics, will join Taskade’s board of directors, bringing his experience in founding, building and scaling Mail.ru, one of the largest sites on the Internet.
> _“Remote teams are becoming the new norm where startups are hiring engineers who are working from different time zones and geographies. The team at Taskade has built a fantastic product that is lighting fast with an intuitive UI. We believe Taskade is fundamentally changing remote team collaboration by providing one tool that teams need to get work done effectively. Taskade provides a real-time_, _device-agnostic and cross-platform experience to end-users. We are excited to be part of the journey with the Taskade team.” — Dmitry Grishin, Managing Partner, Grishin Robotics_
Finally, a big thanks to our early investors and supporters including scout funds of Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Lee Linden, Aaron Iba, Hiten Shah, Immad Akhund, Alex Weston Lin, Boling Jiang, Steve Mescon, Martin Shen, Rafael Vivas, Damir Becirovic, Edward Lando, David Yaffe, Benjamin Mahdavi, Daniel Terry, Suleman Ali, Cory Levy, Stanley He, Scott Yu, Eric Anderson, and Mark Pincus, and to new investors Christopher Golda, Aneel Ranadive, Jude Gomila, Cindy Bi, and Bertrand Schmitt.
We now have over 2,000 active teams on our platform, from creative agencies, design studios, and startups to teams within Fortune 500 companies. The new funding will allow us to accelerate product development for our customers and build out our vision for the future of remote collaboration.
It all starts with the product… and listening to our community and customers. There are many exciting updates in the pipeline, and we can’t do it without your feedback and support, so please [join](https://www.taskade.com/) [us](https://www.taskade.com) on this journey to help shape the future of remote work, and build the unified workspace for distributed teams!
**Related Reading:**
- [A Brief History of Y Combinator](https://www.taskade.com/blog/yc-history)
- [The Origin of Living Software](https://www.taskade.com/blog/origin-of-living-software)
## Frequently Asked Questions
### Who funded Taskade's $5M Series Seed round?
Taskade raised $5M in Series Seed financing led by Grishin Robotics and Y Combinator, with participation from scout funds of Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures, along with angel investors including Lee Linden, Hiten Shah, Immad Akhund, and Mark Pincus. Dmitry Grishin, founder of Mail.ru, joined Taskade's board of directors.
### Is Taskade a Y Combinator company?
Yes. Taskade is a Y Combinator graduate (Summer 2019 batch). The team spent the summer at YC in Mountain View, California working with partners including Jared Friedman, Eric Migicovsky, Brad Flora, and Uri Lopatin to accelerate product development and growth for distributed teams.
### What does Taskade do as a remote collaboration tool?
Taskade is a unified workspace that lets teams manage projects, brainstorm, write specs, and video chat together — all in one tool with real-time sync across every device. Unlike piecing together separate apps for tasks, docs, and video, Taskade combines these into a single remote-native platform built by a distributed team.
### How many teams use Taskade?
At the time of its Series Seed announcement, Taskade had over 2,000 active teams on its platform, ranging from creative agencies and design studios to startups and teams within Fortune 500 companies. The platform has grown significantly since then, serving teams across every industry and size.