What Collaboration.Ai does

Collaboration.Ai is a privately-held LLC founded in 2017 and headquartered in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, that sells an AI-powered collaboration platform to mid-sized and large organizations across public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The company's product suite comprises three integrated modules: NetworkOS, a blockchain-based "Community Relationship Manager" for network visualization, skill validation, and AI-driven suggestions; CrowdVector, a cognitive innovation management platform spanning ideation to implementation; and TeamCreator, a patented AI engine combining survey tools and Organization Network Analysis (ONA) to assemble teams based on network science. The underlying architecture integrates machine learning, natural language processing, semantic analysis, and Organization Network Analysis, with model inference supported by third-party providers (Amazon, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) listed as approved subprocessors.

The company monetizes through annual enterprise SaaS subscriptions governed by a Master License Agreement with Order Forms (pricing not publicly disclosed), supplemented by implementation, training, and consulting services. Go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, with a direct sales contact line, "Try for free" entry points, and named customers including US Air Force (AFWERX), PwC, World Economic Forum, World Bank Group, TEDx, and University of Minnesota. Distribution relies on direct enterprise sales, self-serve evaluation funnels, content marketing (blog, e-books, case studies), and PR coverage such as Fast Company. Leadership is provided by CEO Brennan Townley (joined 2019, with prior experience at Electronic Arts, PopCap Games, Microsoft, and HALO/Catalyst) and co-founder Brandon Klein, operating with a modular, remote-first team structure.

There are no disclosed venture capital funding rounds, revenue figures, or headcount counts in available materials; the company appears to operate as a privately funded or bootstrapped entity with a small team and marquee enterprise/government reference accounts.

Name

Collaboration.Ai

Legal name

Collaboration.Ai, LLC

Website

https://collaboration.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Collaboration.Ai is a Minneapolis-based SaaS company that sells AI-powered collaboration software—NetworkOS, CrowdVector, and TeamCreator—to enterprises, governments, and nonprofits for network analysis, innovation management, and intelligent team assembly.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Collaboration Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (51321), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise AI Data & Knowledge Platforms (Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs) (HDAEANAH), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

Keywords

• AI collaboration platform
• Network analytics software
• Innovation management
• Team formation tools
• Community relationship management

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Services (SaaS Subscription): Subscription-based access to Platform Services during the Subscription Term. Fees are set forth in Order Forms with annual price indexation. Subscriptions auto-renew for 12-month periods unless 6 months notice is given. Usage limits specified in Order Forms with overage fees for exceeding limits.
2. Additional Services: Implementation, training, or consulting services provided under Order Forms or separate statements of work. Fees and deliverables described in applicable Order Forms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Collaboration.Ai sells an AI-powered collaboration software suite comprising three core products: NetworkOS (a blockchain-based Community Relationship Manager for network visualization and discovery), CrowdVector (a cognitive innovation management platform for ideation through implementation), and TeamCreator (an AI-driven intelligent team assembly tool using Organization Network Analysis). The platform is delivered as a SaaS subscription primarily to enterprise customers across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, with additional implementation, training, and consulting services available under Order Forms.

Product overview

Collaboration.Ai offers a suite of three integrated collaboration products: NetworkOS (a Community Relationship Manager for network building and relationship management), CrowdVector (an innovation management platform for idea generation and pipeline management), and TeamCreator (an intelligent team creation tool using network science and AI). The products work together to address different collaboration needs: NetworkOS focuses on relationship building and community management, CrowdVector handles innovation from ideation to implementation, and TeamCreator optimizes team formation and group interactions. The company also provides managed services for program setup, user onboarding, training, and program management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NetworkOS NetworkOS is a blockchain-based Community Relationship Manager that enables individuals and organizations to drive innovation by building smarter networks. Features include network visualization at macro and micro levels, analysis of network strengths and opportunities, search & discovery with connection recommendations, skill validation, Community Notes, Community Impact, Skills for Life (blockchain-controlled skills data), Community Metrics, and an AI-powered Suggestion Engine marketplace. Designed for ecosystem builders, innovation leaders, and people analytics professionals in enterprises and large organizations.
• CrowdVector CrowdVector is an end-to-end innovation management platform that enables organizational evolution and transformation by leveraging cognitive innovation to capture explicit and tacit knowledge, generate, prioritize and manage ideas, and track them through implementation. Features include Trend Radar for predictive forecasting of growth potential, Innovation Challenges, Idea Management, and Scout the Data. Designed for innovation practitioners and change managers driving transformation programs.
• TeamCreator TeamCreator is an intelligent team assembly tool that combines a survey tool, social graphing/Organization Network Analysis (ONA) software, and a patented AI engine to customize teams based on customer-supplied or survey-based data sets. It connects the right people, optimizes team compositions, and tracks engagement over time using 75+ years of network science. Features include strategic connections, purposeful groups, relationship mapping, visualization, and Chrome & Mobile integration with Google Sheets. Designed for business leaders and people analytics professionals optimizing team formation and group interactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 311% improvement in community engagement
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability11 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core infrastructure.

• Amazon (AWS)core infrastructureOthersAI model provider and subprocessors used in the Platform Services. Amazon provides cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities as part of the platform's technology stack. Listed in Master License Agreement Addendum 1 as approved subprocessors.
• OpenAIcore infrastructureOthersAI model provider for language model capabilities integrated into Platform Services. Listed in Master License Agreement Addendum 1 as approved subprocessors.
• Google (Alphabet)core infrastructureOthersAI model provider and subprocessors for Platform Services. Listed in Master License Agreement Addendum 1 as approved subprocessors.
• Anthropiccore infrastructureOthersAI model provider (Claude) for Platform Services. Listed in Master License Agreement Addendum 1 as approved subprocessors. Customer may choose Anthropic as their Model Provider and provide their own credentials.

Scale indicators21 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Workday Peakon: Enterprise employee voice and engagement platform acquired by Workday. Comparable on listening/engagement measurement but lacks the network-graph and team-assembly capabilities TeamCreator delivers.
• Slack (Salesforce): Enterprise collaboration platform with growing investment in AI-powered channel recommendations and workflow automation. Competes for the same enterprise collaboration budget although Slack is broader messaging rather than network/intelligence-led.
• Microsoft Viva: Microsoft's employee experience platform that bundles engagement, learning, knowledge management and connections inside Microsoft 365. The most consequential incumbent competitor as Microsoft ships skills-graph and connection recommendation features natively.

Direct peers

• IdeaScale: Enterprise idea and innovation management platform used by federal agencies and large enterprises. Comparable to CrowdVector, particularly relevant given Collaboration.Ai's federal/government customer base.
• Visier: People analytics and Organization Network Analysis platform surfacing workforce insights and network connections. Directly comparable to NetworkOS on ONA, network visualization and skills-based analytics for people analytics personas.
• Brightidea: End-to-end innovation management software for idea capture, evaluation and implementation. Overlaps with Collaboration.Ai's CrowdVector product on the explicit/tacit knowledge capture and innovation-to-implementation pipeline.
• Spigit (Planview): Enterprise crowdsourced innovation management platform. Directly comparable to CrowdVector on ideation challenges, idea management and innovation pipeline analytics serving innovation leaders at large organizations.

Emerging players

• 15Five: Performance and engagement platform for managers including lightweight team feedback loops. Partial overlap with Collaboration.Ai on team outcomes and feedback but does not address network optimization or innovation pipeline management.
• Lattice: People success platform covering engagement, performance and growth. Comparable to Collaboration.Ai on people analytics and team performance outcomes, though Lattice's analytics layer is less focused on network-graph intelligence.
• Officevibe: Employee engagement and team performance survey platform. Overlaps with the people-analytics use case of NetworkOS, especially for measuring collaboration and engagement outcomes at SMEs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/organization-guest/company/collaboration.ai
• Xx.com/collaborationai

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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