The Mobile-First Company, a fast-growing French AI startup, has chosen Miami for its new U.S. headquarters after raising $12 million in seed funding co-led by Base10 Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
The company builds mobile-first software for small teams: tools that turn routine business tasks into quick, automated workflows. Its first product, Allo, is an AI phone system now used by 5,000 businesses worldwide. Since January, revenue and usage have climbed 50% month over month, signaling strong product-market fit.
Small teams know AI can help, but most tools feel built for big companies or engineers,” said Jérémy Goillot, CEO of The Mobile-First Company, in a statement. “Allo proved that AI belongs inside the tools people open all day. Calls, invoices, expenses. If Allo is our A, we plan to work through the alphabet of problems that slow teams down.”
Before launching The Mobile-First Company, Goillot spent seven years at Spendesk, where he joined as one of the company’s first employees and later led global growth. He helped scale the Paris-based fintech from its early startup stage to an international presence, eventually launching its U.S. operations in San Francisco. He is now in Miami.
The company’s mission is straightforward: Make AI tools that small businesses actually use. While large corporations have been quick to integrate artificial intelligence into their workflows, small and medium-sized businesses often struggle with complexity, cost, and implementation.
The Mobile-First Company aims to change that by meeting users where they already work – on their phones. Its next two apps, Due and Claim, continue that approach. Due automates invoicing directly from a phone, while Claim captures and categorizes expenses in seconds. Together, the apps extend The Mobile-First Company’s growing AI suite designed to tackle “every boring business problem, one at a time.”
Customers span industries – from restaurants to repair shops – using Allo’s AI receptionist to book appointments or sync call outcomes to their CRM.
For investors, The Mobile-First Company represents a new wave of AI tools built for everyday users rather than technical teams. “The Mobile-First Company is on a mission to empower small teams and SMBs with the tools they need to excel, anytime, anywhere,” said Antoine Moyroud, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. “Their customers don’t choose them because they use AI; they choose them because their solutions solve problems and boost productivity effortlessly.”
Rexhi Dollaku, General Partner at Base10 Partners, called the company “the AI-native operating system for Main Street: software that actually meets small business owners where they are – on their phones, not behind a desk.”
Founded by Goillot and CTO Franco Pinto, The Mobile-First Company plans to hire more than 30 people in Miami or remotely as it builds out its team and expands its suite of products.
Nancy Dahlberg contributed to this report.
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