Orbits raises ~$2M from a16z Speedrun to grow Bit, an AI that runs the household

Orbits said it closed nearly $2 million USD (about $2.6 million CAD) in pre-seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Speedrun fund, N49P, Garage Capital, and angel investors to expand Bit, an AI household assistant available on iOS and Android. The company says Bit consolidates calendars, lists, and communications while executing real-world household tasks.

SOFTWARE desk — same-day company primary that a16z Speedrun is backing a consumer AI aimed at the unpaid work of running a home, with the app already live on phones rather than vaporware.

Backers named on the same wire, still company: Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Speedrun fund — Speedrun is a16z’s early-stage program — plus N49P, Garage Capital, and angel investors, including a team member at Anthropic on the company’s wording. File the nearly-$2 million USD / about-$2.6 million CAD figure, the pre-seed label, Speedrun, N49P, Garage Capital, and that Anthropic-team-member angel line as Orbits’. This desk is not inventing a valuation, an ownership split, a check size, or the angel’s name. None was printed.

Product, as the same wire has it: Bit, an AI household assistant. Household assistant here means software meant to help run home logistics — calendars, lists, chores, and errands — not a workplace chatbot. Orbits says Bit works in-app, by text message, and beyond, and acts as a unified layer for family operations: consolidating calendars, lists, and communications while executing real-world tasks. Named jobs on the page, still company: browse the web; log into accounts; make authorized purchases; book dinner reservations; reschedule appointments; collect quotes for work such as a new roof or an HVAC repair — heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; text family members with chore reminders; and coordinate outside help such as babysitters. File that consolidate-and-execute picture as Orbits’. This desk did not text Bit, book a table, or buy anything. Do not file this as a replacement for a nanny, a nurse, or any other human caregiver. The Sep 16 wire does not say Bit replaces caregivers.

Availability and home base, company: Orbits says Bit is available today on the App Store and Google Play, and that the company is based in Toronto and San Francisco. File those store and city lines as Orbits’. This desk did not download the app or count installs.

Team, still company: CEO and co-founder Nomaan Ahmed and CTO and co-founder Erik Tillberg. The PR Newswire photo caption names them that way at the Andreessen Horowitz office in San Francisco. File the two names and titles as Orbits’. Extra career color on the page — including a prior consumer platform the founders say they scaled — stays in Sources. This desk did not interview the founders.

Use of funds, as the same wire has it: expand beyond an early community of families, scale infrastructure, and hire key talent. File that expand / scale / hire plan as Orbits’. This desk did not sit in a board meeting and is not inventing a headcount or a user count. The release does not print how many families are in that early community.

Named voices on the release: Nomaan Ahmed, CEO and co-founder; Erik Tillberg, CTO and co-founder; and Fareed Mosavat, partner at a16z Speedrun. File the names and titles as theirs, via Orbits. Their other quotes are color only and stay in Sources. This is not investment advice.

About-box and security wording, still company-attributed: the about box calls Orbits an AI household assistant for iOS and Android and says families can save hours every week managing their homes. File that hours-saved line as Orbits’ own wording — not a number this desk measured. The same wire says third-party account credentials are encrypted end-to-end and never stored. File that credentials line as Orbits’. This desk did not audit the encryption. The page’s “gold standard” / “industry leading” security phrases are company positioning — not a desk ranking.

Plain English for the rest of the card: pre-seed = very early venture money, before a classic seed. Speedrun = Andreessen Horowitz’s early-stage fund. household assistant = AI meant to help run home logistics, not a workplace chatbot. Bit = Orbits’ name for that assistant. CAD = Canadian dollars. HVAC = heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. authorized purchase = a buy the company says the user has allowed. real-world execution = the company says Bit does the errand — a reservation, a quote, a buy — not only writes a to-do list.

PRIMARY here: Orbits’ 16 Sep 2026 PR Newswire company release — Tier A PRIMARY company source, the original record. The tryorbits.com company home is product-home context, not a second originating newsroom. The nearly-$2 million USD / about-$2.6 million CAD pre-seed, the a16z Speedrun / N49P / Garage Capital / angels including a team member at Anthropic backers, the Bit household-assistant product, the calendars / lists / communications / real-world-execution jobs, the App Store and Google Play availability, the Toronto and San Francisco home, the Ahmed / Tillberg titles, the expand / scale / hire spend plan, the Mosavat title, the company hours-saved about-box, and the credentials-encrypted / never-stored line are company-attributed. Product claims, the hours-saved line, and security wording stay company-attributed — not independently audited here. NOT claimed: a valuation, a user count, independently measured hours saved, that Bit replaces human caregivers, that this desk tested Bit or saw a term sheet, a stock tip, or investment advice. Distinct from the already-filed ferry-health-9m, noetive-41m-seed, envive-15m-series-a, jack-jill-40m-series-a, abre-vera-analytics-agent, and fotor-agent.