This week Radical Ventures announced our Series C lead investment in Writer. Co-founded by CEO May Habib and CTO Waseem Alshikh, the company’s incredible growth trajectory is a testament to its unique value proposition: a full-stack generative AI platform that works across multiple business functions. With a rapidly growing customer base of the largest blue-chip companies on the planet, Writer is revolutionizing how enterprises leverage AI. Today, May Habib shares why this investment represents such a significant milestone for the company.
Four years ago, Waseem and I took a bet on transformers — the core innovation behind modern large language models (LLMs). Long before they first made headlines, we saw the transformer’s potential to become the connective tissue of the enterprise and completely rewire how we work.
So we built Palmyra — the first Writer LLM. Since then, we’ve relentlessly pushed the boundaries of what LLMs could do by furiously productizing every capability increase of the transformer for the enterprise.
We like to say that the story of Writer is the story of the transformer. And we’re here because we never let up. Today, Writer is a full-stack generative AI platform. With our platform, bankers and financial advisors have access to expert assistants in a click of a button; product teams can mine customer insights and build better products faster; medical clinicians can make more informed decisions — even when the stakes are high.
Writer empowers the people behind the work to radically change how they do their jobs. And the business results are off the charts.
With our $200 million Series C funding announced this week, led by Radical Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Premji Invest, Salesforce Ventures among others, we’re expanding our team, developing new features, and deepening our partnerships to deliver even more powerful solutions.
The secret to our success has always been our relentless focus on helping our customers navigate this massive wave of innovation and deliver outcomes. The future of AI is not something we’re waiting for. It’s here, and we’re building it. Right now.
