Anker Ryhl is Co-Founder at Parahelp (YC S24), an AI support agent for software companies that resolves tickets end-to-end. Parahelp serves leading companies like Perplexity, Framer, Replit, and HeyGen.

Anker began programming at age 13 and founded his first company as a teenager. Throughout high school, he built 4 consumer apps with co-founder Mads Liechti, including OWND (an NFT marketplace that raised $750K pre-seed) and VIBE app.

Anker attended Roskilde Gymnasium and participated in the Soundtech Accelerator Program. He is based in San Francisco and has over 500 LinkedIn connections.

Parahelp launched in August 2024 and raised $500K in seed funding from Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Perplexity Fund, Hidden Capital, and founders of Replit, Framer, Calm, ElevenLabs, Runway, Speak, and Zendesk. The company has grown to 7 employees.

Parahelp resolved 46% of Captions' support tickets within 7 days of implementation and now achieves over 60% automated resolution rates by Day 30. The platform integrates with tools like Stripe, Slack, and Linear to handle complex support operations 24/7 across multiple languages.