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Mainstay
Chatbot-powered student engagement platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Education
- Communication
- SaaS
- Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
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Company mission
To help people take the next step toward a more fulfilling life.
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Mainstay’s education-oriented chatbot uses the latest in AI to provide the guidance students need to navigate the college experience.
Colleges can’t always be there at all hours of the day to answer student questions. Mainstay’s system uses SMS text messaging, web chat, and chatbots to provide information and tailored, interactive messages to help drive enrollment. Given multiple randomized controlled trials that have demonstrated that Mainstay’s platform leads to increased enrollment, this is a valuable asset for any educational enterprise looking to maximize its investment.
A variety of colleges, including Wayne State, West Texas A & M, and Allegheny College have successfully used Mainstay’s system to increase enrollment, particularly for underserved populations. While Mainstay is continuing to establish itself given its recent name change from AdmitHub, and with competitors such as Intercom and Drift vying for a share in the college conversational sales market, Mainstay will need to continue to make the most of its recent $16 million investment to continue to provide education-enhancing services.
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Leadership
Kirk Daulerio
(Co-Founder)They previously worked in athletics at their alma mater, Swarthmore College; on the admissions staff of Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Bowdoin College; in college counseling at Gould Academy; and as Director of Member Relations for the Common Application.
Andrew Magliozzi
(Co-Founder & CEO)Before founding Mainstay (formerly AdmitHub) in 2014, they founded Signet Education and KarmaNotes.org. They have an undergraduate degree from Harvard College in History and Literature.