About — Our Story | Leanback

Built by managers,

for managers.

We were engineering managers tired of spending our days chasing status updates instead of leading our teams. So we built the assistant we always wanted.

The problem we set out to solve

Too many tools.
Not enough clarity.

Managing a modern engineering team means constantly context-switching between Jira, Linear, Notion, Slack, and your calendar. The more tools your team uses, the more fragmented your picture becomes.

6.5 hrs
Average time managers lose each week to status gathering
4+
Tools the average engineering manager checks daily
0
Of those tools were designed for the manager's perspective
"Lean back, and let the AI do the heavy lifting."
That is the principle behind everything we build. Your job is to lead. Ours is to handle the operational layer so you can.
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Our mission

Give every manager
a personal assistant.

Great executives have chiefs of staff. Senior leaders have EAs. Leanback is the AI-powered equivalent for engineering managers — connecting your entire toolchain and synthesising the noise into a clear, actionable picture.

You should not need to be a director or VP to get that kind of support. Every manager deserves it.

What we believe

The principles behind
how we build.

Managers deserve better tools
Engineering managers are responsible for the output of entire teams, yet the tools built for them have not kept up. Leanback is built from the ground up for the manager's perspective.
Async-first, always
Status updates should never require a meeting. Great information flows happen in writing, on your team's schedule rather than in a room at 9am.
AI that acts, not just advises
Leanback is not a chatbot. It takes action: runs the sync, reads the tools, and hands you the answer. You decide. It does the work.
Your team stays in Slack
Your team should never have to open a new tool. Everything happens where they already are.

Who we are

A small team with
a strong opinion.

Engineering
Our team has built and shipped production systems used by thousands of engineers. We know what "real" looks like at scale — and we built Leanback to work at that level from day one.
Management
Every one of us has run engineering teams. We've felt the 1:1 prep anxiety, the "what's the status?" spiral, and the context-switching tax. We're building the tool we needed.
AI & Infra
We believe AI should do actual work, not just answer questions. Our background in applied ML means we know how to wire Claude into a system that acts reliably on your behalf.
Product
We obsess over removing friction. Every feature we ship has to earn its place — if it adds complexity without clear value, it doesn't ship. That's how Leanback stays simple.
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