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Why eeva is Among the Most Loved Companies to Work For in North America.
CULTURE 100 AWARD WINNER I 2026
The Culture Behind eeva’s Mission to Lighten the Mental Load of Home Management.
eeva was built for the part of adult life no one really prepares you for. The home maintenance tasks, the bills, the warranties, the reminders, the appliance manuals, the document you know you saved somewhere.. Managing a home can feel like a full-time job hiding inside the rest of your life, and for many households, the system holding it all together is usually one person’s memory (and maybe a junk drawer or two).
eeva is building a better way.
This woman-led, Canadian company is building what it calls household intelligence — an AI-powered digital system that helps households keep track of everything related to their home.
Eeva captures the details, files the documents, and manages what matters most over time: warranties, repairs, renewals, recalls, and the running list of small decisions a household would otherwise hold in one person’s head. Take a picture of an appliance label, store an insurance policy, ask about a maintenance schedule—eeva gets it out of your head and into a system your whole household can rely on.
The idea came from co-founder and CEO Adrienne Jung’s own experience buying a home in 2020. What should have been an exciting new chapter quickly became a flood of maintenance, paperwork, warranties, repairs, and decisions no one prepared her for. Adrienne spent 15+ years building and leading operations at startups, but homeownership revealed a problem far bigger than her own to-do list. She kept coming back to one question: Why are we still being asked to manage modern home life with sticky notes, scattered apps, and overloaded brains?
Together with co-founder Jarrod Nichol, she set out to build the intelligence layer every household was missing. Something that could take everything a household knows (the appliances, the routines, the half-remembered details) and turn it into a system that thinks alongside you to reduce your mental load and make life at home feel lighter. You tell eeva what's on your mind, and it figures out where it belongs.
Earlier this year, eeva was named a winner of the Culture 100 Awards, which recognize the most thriving companies to work for in North America. After reviewing more than 5,000 companies and surveying over 20,000 employees, eeva showed how much can get built when a team—even an international, remote one—takes a human-first approach both in the product and the workplace.
Inside eeva, the connection between the product and the culture is unusually direct. The team is building a tool to reduce overwhelm, so the way they work has to reflect that same belief. As Adrienne Jung, CEO of eeva, puts it: “Our whole product is about making home life lighter, so we can’t turn around and create chaos internally. This recognition really belongs to the team. Culture is something everyone works at every day by holding a high bar and communicating openly, and it means a lot to see that work actually land.”
That belief shapes the pace and rhythm of the company. eeva is ambitious, fast-moving, and honest, but the pace is built around clarity. People are expected to think deeply, speak openly, and take ownership of what they see. If something feels broken, they say it. If there is a better way to build, communicate, or organize the work, they bring it forward.
From how meetings are run, town hall style, to how wins are celebrated, the culture at eeva is built with the same intentionality the product brings to its users’ lives. The team is navigating the beautiful chaos of a growing startup, but there is a clear effort to make that growth feel focused, open, and sustainable.
That kind of culture matters in an early-stage company where the playbook is still being written. Priorities shift, the product evolves, and the team is constantly learning from what users need. eeva attracts people who are comfortable working through that kind of movement, people who can handle change without losing care for the details.
The work itself carries a real sense of meaning because the problem they’re solving hits so close to home—literally. Someone using eeva may feel less overwhelmed because a reminder was created, a maintenance task didn’t slip through the cracks, or a forgotten detail was finally easy to find. That kind of impact keeps the mission grounded. The team is not working on an abstract productivity tool. They are building something that touches people’s homes, families, expenses, and peace of mind.
Internally, that shows up in the way people communicate. The team is remote, but not distant. People are trusted to own their work, while staying connected through open conversations, direct feedback, and a shared commitment to building something useful. There is freedom, but there is also accountability. There is flexibility, but there is also a high bar.
That openness is felt by the team too. As Caroline De Chabannes, AI Engineer at eeva, says: “From my very first week, I realized eeva was different. There are no hierarchical barriers here; I felt empowered to knock on any door for help or share even the simplest idea. That culture of genuine autonomy and freedom of expression is exactly what sets us apart.”
The people who thrive at eeva tend to be self-starters with a strong sense of care. They do not wait around for perfect instructions. They notice what needs to be done, ask the right questions, and keep moving. They are also thoughtful, because building for home life requires sensitivity. A product like eeva sits close to people’s families, responsibilities, and daily routines, so speed only works when it is matched with purpose.
Recognition through the Culture 100 Awards reflects the workplace eeva has been building with real intention. Across thousands of companies considered and tens of thousands of employee voices gathered, eeva stood out as a team holding a high bar while protecting the clarity, honesty, and respect that make the work sustainable.
As eeva grows, the mission remains simple: make the little things run smoothly so the big things become possible. That applies as much to the households using the product as it does to the team building it. eeva is building the intelligence system to support modern home life, alongside building a workplace that proves ambitious work can still feel clear, thoughtful, and deeply human.
