Useful over flashy
We ship what helps people finish work — not demos that dazzle and disappoint.
Our story
Born from a better prompt
Nova AI was founded in 2023 by a small group of engineers and designers who had spent years bolting language models onto products. The models were incredible. The experience around them was not — fragmented tools, brittle prompts, and answers nobody could trust.
We set out to fix the layer between the model and the work. That meant grounding answers in real knowledge, routing each task to the right model, and making automation feel as natural as typing a sentence.
Today Nova powers more than 8,000 teams — from two-person startups to global enterprises — who all share one belief: AI should do the work, not just talk about it.
Mission & values
Our mission: AI that earns its keep
We exist to make generative AI dependable enough to trust with real work. These values keep us honest while we build it.
Trust by default
Your data is yours. We never train on it, and we cite our sources so you can verify.
Model-agnostic
We back the best model for each job, not a single vendor. Your work outlives any one release.
Bias for momentum
We'd rather ship, learn, and improve weekly than perfect a feature nobody asked for.
Customer-obsessed
Every roadmap decision starts with a real conversation with the people who use Nova.
Responsible AI
We build guardrails, transparency, and human control into the product from day one.
Growing fast, grounded in trust
2023Year founded
8,000+Teams onboard
64People worldwide
40M+Prompts run
Leadership
Meet the team
A small, senior crew of builders who have shipped AI products at scale — and care about getting the details right.
Elena Castillo
Co-founder & CEO
Former ML product lead. Obsessed with making AI trustworthy.
James Mensah
Co-founder & CTO
Built large-scale inference systems. Leads the model engine.
Aisha Khan
Head of Product
Designs the experience that makes prompts feel effortless.
Robert Tanaka
Head of Trust & Safety
Keeps Nova secure, private, and responsibly governed.
How we build
Shipped weekly, shaped by you
We keep the team small and the feedback loop tight. The people who use Nova help decide what we build next — and they see it land fast.
Listen first
Every feature starts with a real problem from a real workspace.
Ship small, ship often
Weekly releases mean improvements reach you while they still matter.
Measure what's useful
We track outcomes, not vanity metrics — did Nova actually help?
Come build the future with us
Whether you want to use Nova or help build it, we'd love to hear from you. Start free, or say hello.