About
We help people remember people.
Banana started with a simple idea: networking shouldn't end at "nice to meet you". We're building the AI-powered platform that turns conversations into lasting relationships — and relationships into real-world growth, deals and friendships.
2022
Founded
30+
Team across 9 countries
200k+
Professionals on Banana
12M+
Connections made
Our story
From a paper card in a drawer, to a brain in your pocket.
Banana was founded in 2022 after our team kept losing track of the people we met at conferences, investor meetings and customer calls. Paper cards ended up in a drawer. LinkedIn was a graveyard of people we couldn't place. Our CRMs were empty.
We started with one product — a beautifully designed NFC card that opened a digital profile in one tap. People loved it. But the real magic happened when we added AI: meeting notes that wrote themselves, follow-ups drafted in your voice, and reminders that knew when a contact actually mattered again.
Today, Banana is used by 200,000+ professionals — from solo founders to enterprise sales orgs — in 80+ countries. We're still a small team, still bootstrapped, and still obsessed with the same question: how do we help humans be better at being human?
Timeline
Four years, a lot of cards.
2022
Founded
Three co-founders, one prototype card, and a Google Sheet of beta users.
2023
First 10,000 customers
Launched in metal, bamboo and gold. AI notetaker shipped in Q4.
2024
The CRM era
Full pipelines, contracts, bookings and automations — one platform, one price.
2025
Enterprise & global
SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO, data residency in EU/US/APAC. 200k+ users.
Principles
What we believe — written down, on purpose.
People first, always.
Software is only useful when it makes humans better at being human. We optimize for the conversation, not the click.
AI augments, never replaces.
We use AI to remove busywork, not to fake warmth or shortcut relationships. You always sound like you.
Privacy by default.
Your contacts are yours. We never train models on your data, and we sell to no one. Export anything, anytime.
Beautiful is the baseline.
Tools you use daily should be a joy to look at. Every pixel, every card, every email — designed with intent.
Speed is a feature.
We obsess over latency, animation and the time-to-first-tap. The fastest tool wins your habits.
Built for the whole world.
Cards ship to 80+ countries. AI speaks 50+ languages. Data lives where your laws say it should.
The team
30 people, 9 timezones, one obsession.
We're a fully remote team of designers, engineers, AI researchers and operators who've shipped software at Apple, Stripe, Notion, Loom and Airbnb. We meet in person quarterly — usually somewhere with good food.
Engineering
12 people
Design
5 people
AI & Research
4 people
Go-to-market
9 people
Backed by
Operators who've been here.
Bootstrapped through 2023, then partnered with operators and angels from Apple, Stripe, Notion, Loom and Airbnb. We're capital-efficient, profitable, and building for the long run.
In the press
A small dent so far.
- — "The most beautiful business card I've ever owned." Wired
- — "Banana's CRM is what Salesforce should've been." The Verge
- — "Networking, finally re-invented." Fast Company
Want to build the future of relationships with us?
We're always looking for designers, engineers and operators who care about craft. Or just say hello.