Backed by $5.6M in Funding, Unveils Magic Schedules and a Powerful New Conversational AI Tool with Bold Simplicity

Agenda Hero, the AI platform built to eliminate the world’s manual calendar work, today launches Magic Chat, a conversational AI that turns messy notes, flyers, and PDFs into fully structured calendar events in seconds, and Magic Schedules, to share interactive, dynamic schedules that automatically sync with calendars. Backed by $5.6 million in venture capital led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Precursor Ventures and pre-seed investor K9 Ventures, Agenda Hero is redefining how people create, share, and use schedules.

Agenda Hero tackles one of the most universal yet overlooked productivity frustrations — the tedious process of getting schedules into calendars. Whether receiving a school calendar in a PDF, an offsite agenda in an email, or a printed soccer schedule, Agenda Hero transforms it into structured events for Google, Apple, or Outlook calendars. For those creating schedules, Agenda Hero replaces static PDF calendars with interactive, collaborative, calendar-synced schedules, eliminating manual work at the source for both creators and recipients.

“We’re on a mission to save billions of hours with AI—turning tedious retyping into time for joy, whether that’s on the field, in the classroom, or at the office,” said Caren Cioffi, co-founder and CEO of Agenda Hero. “You wouldn’t ask someone to retype a doc; schedules should be no different. That frustrating tax on our time is ending — thanks to our calendar-focused AI solution, something that simply wasn’t possible until now.”

New Key Features

• Magic Chat — A conversational AI editor for fast, bulk changes to newly created events: for example, “Change all away game emojis to a blue car” and watch it update every relevant event in seconds.
• Magic Schedules — Shareable, brandable, beautiful schedule pages that automatically sync with calendars.
• Agenda Hero for Organizations — Custom colors, themes, and branding to keep every team, department, or chapter on the same page with the plan.
• Premium Plans starting at $30/year — Accessible pricing for individuals and organizations; Agenda Hero Magic remains free for all users.

The company’s tens of thousands of early adopters range from busy parents and teachers to small businesses and national organizations — all united by the need to spend less time managing calendars and more time enjoying what’s in them.

“For years, I searched for a way to bring all of our community events into one calendar. Agenda Hero, created by a busy mom who understands the juggle, makes that dream real, and it’s so simple that anyone can use it. Families can now find local events and add them to their calendars effortlessly, saving caregivers valuable time and helping us build a stronger, more connected community,” said Stevie Klein, Family Engagement Coordinator, United Way of Greater Nashua.

Agenda Hero is using the funding to accelerate AI product innovation, expand integrations with calendar platforms, and scale go-to-market adoption among individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide.

“Some problems quietly frustrate billions of people every day. Getting schedules into a calendar is one of them. Agenda Hero fixes that—giving people back valuable time for what matters and freeing them from the mind-numbing task of manual entry,” said Dr. Manu Kumar, Founder of K9 Ventures.

“Agenda Hero unlocks the last and arguably hardest frontier of collaboration—effective calendars and schedules to help everyone get where they need to be,” said Kerry Bennett, Partner at Upfront Ventures. “Caren and the team are not only solving the universal problem of calendar chaos, but they’re doing so with a beautiful, easy, and magical experience.”

About Agenda Hero

Agenda Hero gives people more time for joy by eliminating manual calendar work. Powered by AI and built to work with every calendar, it transforms text, images, and PDF documents into fully structured events and shareable schedules — in seconds. Whether you’re planning a practice or a global movement, Agenda Hero helps you do it beautifully, keeps everyone in sync, and saves time for what really matters. Based in San Francisco and co-founded in 2020 by Caren Cioffi, Stanford MBA and former EVP & GM at Brightcove, Agenda Hero is backed by Upfront Ventures, K9 Ventures, and Precursor Ventures.

About Upfront Ventures

Upfront Ventures is proud to be an early investor and long-term partner to tech founders and startups. Founded in 1996 in Los Angeles with investing professionals based in LA and San Francisco, Upfront has backed teams across all technology sectors. We invest about half of our capital in the fast-growing Southern California ecosystem, with the balance across the country as well as investments in Europe, India, and Israel. Learn what we’re about at upfront.com.

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