Gladly Sidekick

by Gladly

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Gladly Sidekick is an AI customer-support product for automating self-service and assisting service teams. It uses customer context and brand knowledge to answer requests and can hand conversations to human agents.

Customer SupportFounded by Joseph Ansanelli, Michael Wolfe, and Dirk KesslerVisit website →
🔍 Last checked: 9/2/2026 · Confidence: 86%

Why Abandoned

Gladly continues to maintain an official Sidekick product page, and its current website presents Sidekick as part of the Gladly customer-service platform.

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📅 Timeline

2023-03-28

Sidekick announced

Gladly introduced Sidekick as a generative-AI and automation platform intended to help brands provide personalized customer self-service.

2024-03-05

Gladly raises $40 million

Gladly announced a $40 million funding round led by AXA Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors including GGV Capital, Greylock, and New Enterprise Associates.

2025-07-30

Sidekick Voice introduced

Gladly announced Sidekick Voice, extending its AI customer-service capabilities to phone interactions and positioning it alongside Sidekick for digital channels.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gladly Sidekick?

Gladly Sidekick is an AI customer-support product that automates customer self-service using a brand's knowledge and customer context, with escalation to human service agents when needed.

How does Gladly Sidekick work?

Sidekick interprets customer requests, uses connected business and customer information to generate responses or complete supported workflows, and transfers conversations to a human agent when automation is insufficient.

When was Gladly Sidekick launched?

Gladly publicly announced Sidekick on March 28, 2023.

Is Gladly Sidekick still available?

Yes. Gladly maintains an official Sidekick product page and continues to present it as part of its customer-service platform. This record therefore classifies the product as active.

What are alternatives to Gladly Sidekick?

Catalogue-listed alternatives include ChatGPT for general conversational AI, Cohere for enterprise language-model infrastructure, and Gong for AI-supported customer-facing workflows. They are not exact feature-for-feature replacements for Gladly Sidekick.