State and local governments buy $1.5TN worth of products and services from companies every year. However, the process of finding and winning government contracts is extremely fragmented, non-standardized, and time consuming today.

Odo is the first AI-powered platform to help companies win state and local government contracts. Odo can find relevant contracts, draft proposals, and analyze why companies won or lost through public records sourcing. Our customers have saved up to 80% of time drafting proposals and increased their win rates.
Help companies find and win government contracts with AI
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### Help companies find and win government contracts with AI

State and local governments buy $1.5TN worth of products and services from companies every year. However, the process of finding and winning government contracts is extremely fragmented, non-standardized, and time consuming today. Odo is the first AI-powered platform to help companies win state and local government contracts. Odo can find relevant contracts, draft proposals, and analyze why companies won or lost through public records sourcing. Our customers have saved up to 80% of time drafting proposals and increased their win rates.



Odo

Founded:2023

Team Size:2

Location:New York

### Active Founders

### Yooni Ahn, Founder

Yooni is the CEO and co-founder @ Odo. She built products and business at Robinhood (Robinhood Gold, Customer Care during Gamestop, Original Content) for five years. Before that, she did consulting at Oliver Wyman where she spent endless hours writing government proposals. She studied public policy at Princeton University.



### Andrew Wagner, Founder

Andrew is the CTO and co-founder @ Odo. He was a staff engineer at Robinhood and spent many years freelancing where he developed outsized skill in taking projects from 0 to 1. It's there that he built a deep empathy for businesses struggling to balance billable work with finding new contracts.



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**TLDR: Odo helps businesses find relevant government contracts, draft proposals, and analyze wins and losses through public records sourcing.**

**🙏 Ask:** If you are a company selling to state or local government, we can help expedite your sales cycle. Book a demo [here,]( and we’ll draft **one proposal for free.**

If you know anyone who sells professional services or software to the government, we would appreciate an intro! Please reach out to us at [founders@odo.do](mailto:founders@odo.do).

❗ **Problem**

State and local governments buy $1.5TN worth of products and services from businesses every year, ranging from consulting and constructions, to yes, cream cheese and bagels. However, the process of winning government contracts today is extremely manual and opaque. Businesses can’t easily find relevant contracts, spend 40-80 hours drafting proposals, and don’t get feedback on why they won or lost a contract.



**🎉 Solution**

Odo is the first AI-powered platform to help businesses win state and local government contracts. Odo can find relevant contracts, draft proposals, and analyze wins and losses through public records sourcing. Our customers have saved up to **80% of their time** spent drafting proposals and **doubled their government sales pipeline.**



**🙏 Ask**

If you are a company selling to state or local government, we can help expedite your sales cycle. Book a demo [here,]( and we’ll write **one proposal for free**.

If you know anyone who sells professional services or software to the government, we would appreciate an intro! Please reach out to us at [founders@odo.do](mailto:founders@odo.do).
