# Francis Davidson (slim)

> Francis Davidson is founder. Odessia on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder.

Francis 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.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisdavidson
- X: https://x.com/FDavidsonT

## What Francis builds

- [Odessia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/odessia.md), graded F, 22.4/100, in Travel & 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.

## Backed by

- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)
- [Designer Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/designer-fund/)

## Questions

### Who is Francis Davidson?

Francis 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.

### What does Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Odessia from Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc.

### Who has invested in Artificial Intelligence Systems Inc. (dba Odessia)?

The sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, SV Angel and Designer Fund.

### How are Francis's tools graded?

Odessia is graded F, 22.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://x.com/FDavidsonT
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisdavidson
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/odessia-travel
- https://x.com/OdessiaTravel
- https://odessia.com/terms

These 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.