Multifamily Unpacked: Funnel launches new standalone multifamily AI platform: Fenix, powered by Sierra
April 8, 2025

Big news: we are launching Fenix — a standalone AI product purpose-built for multifamily.

Until now, Funnel’s powerful AI was only available to customers on our full platform.

Powered by a strategic partnership with Sierra (yes, the Sierra co-founded by tech legends Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor), Fenix brings advanced, resolution-focused conversational AI to the industry for the first time.

We’re also welcoming select assets from LeaseHawk to accelerate operators on their path toward centralization and the new operating model.

Operators now have a powerful new starting point: AI that does, not just talks.

To learn more, listen to the full episode below. Listen + subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.


“We are thrilled to announce our standalone AI product, Fenix,” said Tyler Christiansen, CEO, Funnel. “We’ve had a privileged seat to go all-in on empowering the new operating model with 9 of the 15 largest apartment owners and hundreds of others who ran their businesses more efficiently, created more engaging careers for their teams, and optimized their prospect and resident experiences. From its inception, Funnel believed in building software for the humans of multifamily, rather than software to replace the humans of multifamily. We are excited to offer Fenix to a new market of operators and managers and help them on their path toward centralization and the new operating model.”


Learn more about Fenix.

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