Andy Toulis
About Andy Toulis
Andy Toulis is a machine learning engineer based in London. Crunchbase lists his education as the University of Toronto and the University of Waterloo. He worked at Shopify on recommender systems and AI assistants, where he met his later co-founder Marvin Purtorab. In 2022 he co-presented a Haystack US talk with Doug Turnbull on Bayesian optimization of search relevance at Shopify.
After Shopify, Toulis and Purtorab both joined Cohere, the enterprise AI platform. Toulis worked there as a machine learning engineer and posted publicly about the Command-R model release.
In April 2024 the two founded Convergence, with Purtorab as CEO and Toulis as CTO. Convergence raised a $12M pre-seed round led by Balderton, with Salesforce Ventures and Shopify Ventures participating, and built a personal AI agent called Proxy. Salesforce announced in May 2025 that it would acquire the company. His LinkedIn profile now lists Salesforce.
Public records show one angel investment so far: Zaro, in June 2026. Crunchbase lists him as an individual investor with one portfolio company. Tracxn likewise records him as an angel investor in one startup. No other angel deals, fund affiliations or check sizes are public.
Zaro is a London-based enterprise AI startup that came out of stealth on 9 June 2026 with a $5.1M pre-seed round led by Cherry Ventures. It was founded by Michael Bajwa and Qian Zheng, who previously worked on AI agent products at Convergence and then at Salesforce. The company builds a workspace that connects company data, AI agents and custom applications through a shared context layer.
Toulis invested alongside Purtorab, his Convergence co-founder. Other angels in the round include Thomas Wolf of Hugging Face, Thomas Dohmke of GitHub, Mandeep Singh of Trouva and Charlie Songhurst. Cherry Ventures described the Convergence founders as people who knew the Zaro team's work well.
The only disclosed investment is a pre-seed round in an enterprise AI agent company in London. That investment sits close to his own background in AI agents and applied machine learning. He has not made public statements about his thesis, preferred stage, geography or check size, and the amount he put into Zaro has not been disclosed.
- Zaro: London enterprise AI workspace that unifies agents, company data and custom apps; $5.1M pre-seed led by Cherry Ventures, announced June 2026.
- crunchbase.com/person/andy-toulis-9cea
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- linkedin.com/in/toulis
- uk.linkedin.com/in/toulis
- linkedin.com/posts/toulis_cohereforaic4ai-command-r-v01-hugging-activi
- linkedin.com/posts/softwaredoug_haystack-us-2022-doug-turnbull-andy-to
- balderton.com/news/convergence-raises-12m-to-build-personal-ai-agents-
- techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/convergence-ai-played-with-agents-for-years-
Investing activity
Andy Toulis appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent is Zaro (Pre-seed, $5.1M, Jun 2026).
Andy Toulis most often invests alongside Cherry Ventures, Thomas Dohmke, Thomas Wolf and Mandeep Singh, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Andy Toulis
Who is Andy Toulis?
Andy Toulis is a London-based machine learning engineer who co-founded and served as CTO of Convergence, an AI agent startup acquired by Salesforce. He previously worked at Shopify and Cohere.
What AI startups has Andy Toulis invested in?
The public record shows Zaro, a London enterprise AI startup that raised a $5.1M pre-seed round in June 2026. No other investments are publicly listed.
What is Andy Toulis's check size?
His check size is not public. The amount he put into Zaro has not been disclosed.
What stage does Andy Toulis invest in?
His one known investment is a pre-seed round. He has not published a stated stage focus.
Should I pitch Andy Toulis as an angel?
He may suit founders building AI agents or enterprise AI, given his Convergence, Cohere and Shopify background and his Zaro investment. He has not published pitch guidelines, so a warm introduction through the AI founder community is a reasonable route.
What companies has Andy Toulis built?
He co-founded Convergence in April 2024. Convergence built the Proxy personal AI agent, raised a $12M pre-seed round and was acquired by Salesforce.
Is Andy Toulis an angel investor?
Yes. Andy Toulis invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Andy Toulis invested in?
Andy Toulis's AI investments include Zaro. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Andy Toulis invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Andy Toulis has invested at Pre-seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Andy Toulis co-invest with?
Andy Toulis's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Cherry Ventures (1 deal), Thomas Dohmke (1 deal), Thomas Wolf (1 deal), Mandeep Singh (1 deal) and Charlie Songhurst (1 deal).