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  "markdown": "Founder.\n\nFrancis Davidson founded Odessia, an AI travel planning and booking agent that Skift reported on in June 2026. He earlier co-founded Sonder, an apartment-hotel company started in Montreal in 2014, and led it as CEO. Sonder filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in November 2025.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisdavidson\n- X: https://x.com/FDavidsonT\n\n## What Francis builds\n\n- [Odessia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md), graded F, 22.4/100, in Travel \u0026 booking. Odessia is a hosted travel concierge from Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. that plans trips, books hotels and flights as a registered travel agent, and watches prices and award seats. It works on the web, by message and by email. Founder, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)\n- [Designer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/designer-fund/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Francis Davidson?\n\nFrancis Davidson founded Odessia, an AI travel planning and booking agent that Skift reported on in June 2026. He earlier co-founded Sonder, an apartment-hotel company started in Montreal in 2014, and led it as CEO. Sonder filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in November 2025.\n\n### What does Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Odessia from Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia). Odessia is a hosted travel concierge from Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. that plans trips, books hotels and flights as a registered travel agent, and watches prices and award seats. It works on the web, by message and by email.\n\n### Who has invested in Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, SV Angel and Designer Fund.\n\n### How are Francis's tools graded?\n\nOdessia is graded F, 22.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://x.com/FDavidsonT\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisdavidson\n- https://www.linkedin.com/company/odessia-travel\n- https://x.com/OdessiaTravel\n- https://odessia.com/terms\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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