The company behind Hero Assistant
MagicX Inc
MagicX Inc. makes Hero, a daily assistant app for phones. Its about page says eight people in San Francisco and Seoul build it. The app is free to download, and TechCrunch reported that the company takes a cut of the Instacart grocery orders placed inside it.
tryhero.appRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Hero Assistant at a glance
- Based in
- San Francisco, with a few people in Seoul
- Raised in total
- $4 million
- Latest round
- Seed, $4 million
- February 2025
- Team
- 8 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Who runs Hero Assistant
The people MagicX Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Hero Assistant funding
TechCrunch reported in February 2025 that the company had raised $4 million in seed funding to date, from a group of angel investors and the venture firms Neo and Abstract. No round date was given and the company has published no announcement of its own. techcrunch.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Seed | $4 million | With Max Mullen, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Belsky, Ime Archibong, The Chainsmokers, Neo, Abstract. techcrunch.com |
Every investor named
- Abstract
- Arash Ferdowsi
- Ime Archibong
- Max Mullen
- Neo
- Scott Belsky
- The Chainsmokers
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. No parent company is named on its own pages, and TechCrunch reported in February 2025 that MagicX had raised seed money from a group of angel investors and two venture firms. techcrunch.com
- Based in
- San Francisco, with a few people in Seoul tryhero.app
- Team
- A small team of 8 people, based in San Francisco with a few in Seoul, as the about page puts it. tryhero.app
Hero Assistant on social media and the web
- Blog · tryhero.app
Only accounts MagicX Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Media kit
The MagicX Inc media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by MagicX Inc.
Questions about Hero Assistant the company
Who runs Hero Assistant?
MagicX Inc's pages name Brad Kowalk (Co-founder) and Seung W. Lee (Co-founder). None of them is named as chief executive on the pages read, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Hero Assistant?
Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee are named as founders of MagicX Inc.
How much funding has Hero Assistant raised?
Hero Assistant's maker has raised $4 million in total. TechCrunch reported in February 2025 that the company had raised $4 million in seed funding to date, from a group of angel investors and the venture firms Neo and Abstract. No round date was given and the company has published no announcement of its own.
Who are Hero Assistant's investors?
The announcements name Abstract, Arash Ferdowsi, Ime Archibong, Max Mullen, Neo, Scott Belsky and The Chainsmokers.
When did Hero Assistant last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in February 2025: Seed, $4 million.
What is Hero Assistant's valuation?
No valuation was found in MagicX Inc's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Hero Assistant?
No parent company is named on its own pages, and TechCrunch reported in February 2025 that MagicX had raised seed money from a group of angel investors and two venture firms.
Where is Hero Assistant based?
MagicX Inc gives its base as San Francisco, with a few people in Seoul.
How many people work at Hero Assistant?
A small team of 8 people, based in San Francisco with a few in Seoul, as the about page puts it.
Is Hero Assistant on social media?
MagicX Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter). The links are on this page, taken from MagicX Inc's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from MagicX Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.