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Facts, quotes, logos
— the press kit.
Everything a reporter, producer, or partner needs to write about Airheart accurately: brand assets, founder bios, coverage history, product milestones, and a direct line to our media team. If you are on deadline, email us and include the timing.
Note on the coverage list
Press mentions below are from 2021 and cover Travel Bans Explorer — Airheart's pandemic-era tool for navigating shifting border policies. The AI travel platform launches in 2026 — new coverage will be added here after launch. For embargoed briefings on what's shipping now, contact the media team.
Coverage archive · 2021 · Travel Bans Explorer era
Previous coverage.
The press below covers Travel Bans Explorer — Airheart's pandemic-era tool for understanding shifting border policies — along with general company coverage from 2021. URLs are to the original publications. New launch coverage lands here after the 2026 launch.
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Read →Want to cover the launch? The 2026 launch introduces Atlas (single AI travel agent), signed receipts where supported, terms-first provider comparison, and an agency-first Organization tier. Email the media team for an embargoed briefing.
Brand assets
Download what you need.
Each asset is available as SVG, PDF, and PNG. The full kit bundles all logos, wordmarks, product shots, founder photos, and a one-page company fact sheet.
Airheart press kit · April 2026
Logos · wordmarks · product screenshots · founder headshots · brand guidelines · fact sheet · boilerplate copy. Everything in one archive, organized by asset type.
Last updated Apr 12, 2026
Media contact
Who to email, when.
We reply to press inquiries within four hours on weekdays and within one business day on weekends. For partnerships, use the partnerships address — our press team will loop the right person in otherwise.
For press & media
Press team
Coverage · interviews · fact-checks
press@airheart.com Include outlet, deadline, and a one-line description of the angle. Short is fine — we prefer it.
For partnerships
Partnerships
Agencies · publishers · distribution
partnerships@airheart.com Agency, TMC, and advisor support is not part of the V1 launch. We'll publish a partner program once the foundation is stable; email partnerships in the meantime.
Founder & leadership
Who is building Airheart.
Short bios suitable for republishing. Headshots live in the press kit. Interview requests go through the press team above.
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Amelia Chen
Founder · CEO
Amelia Chen founded Airheart in 2021 after building and selling earlier software products. She has traveled to more than 30 countries and 200-plus destinations, and has written publicly about travel, product, and independent company-building for most of the last decade.
She is the company's primary product voice and lead author of the Airheart editorial standard. She speaks regularly at travel and SaaS industry events and is available for interviews on the agent era, creator economics, and independent company-building.
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Matteo Ríos
Head of product
Matteo leads product at Airheart. He joined from the consumer travel team at a large OTA, where he shipped mobile itinerary tools used by millions of travelers a year. He is the internal owner of the audit workflow, the publisher tooling, and the agent-era product roadmap.
He is a good interview for questions on audited content, the publisher flywheel, and how Airheart thinks about the long-term agent memory thesis.
Product milestones
How Airheart got here.
Dates and events suitable for citation. For a full product changelog, see the release notes.
- March 2021
Airheart founded
Company incorporated in Austin, Texas. Original mandate: help travelers make sense of pandemic-era travel restrictions with better data.
- May 2021
Travel Bans Explorer launched
The first Airheart product. Reached over 6 million travelers during the pandemic and became a go-to reference for press and embassies.
- June 2022
$500k pre-seed
Small aligned round from a handful of operator-investors including co-founders of Travis CI, Colossal Biosciences, and HotDoc.
- October 2024
Airheart platform launched
Expansion from the original utility into a full travel planning platform — voyage builder, audited country data, and creator marketplace.
- August 2025
Publisher marketplace live
Independent creators begin publishing audited travel catalogues on airheart.com/catalogues/ with visible attribution and revenue share.
- January 2026
For Agencies program opens
Independent travel agencies and boutique DMCs can onboard their teams, bring their clients, and use Airheart as their primary planning surface.
- April 2026
Quality-band audits rolled out
Every public catalogue now carries a Verified / Reviewed / Unverified band.
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