Writer Inc.
Topic: Company
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2020 |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , |
| Products | Full-stack generative AI platform |
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| Website | writer |
WRITER is a generative artificial intelligence company based in San Francisco, California that offers a full-stack generative AI platform for enterprises. In September 2023, WRITER raised $100m in a Series B led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Insight Partners, WndrCo, Balderton Capital, and Aspect Ventures.[1] The co-founders also worked together on Qordoba, a previous startup.
History
Qordoba was incorporated in the U.S. in 2015 by May Habib, a Lebanese entrepreneur, and Waseem AlShikh, a Syrian entrepreneur. The two then started WRITER, Inc. in August 2020.[2][3]
In February 2023, WRITER launched three large language models — Palmyra-Small with 128 million parameters, Palmyra-Base with 5 billion parameters, and Palmyra-Large with 20 billion parameters (named after the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra).[4][5] In May 2023, WRITER announced Knowledge Graph, a new offering that connects business data sources to its LLMs, and the ability for customers to self-host WRITER-built LLMs.[6]
WRITER is a privately held company, supported by investments from ICONIQ Growth, Insight Partners, WndrCo, Balderton Capital, Aspect Ventures,[1] Gradient Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures and Broadway Angels.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rashi Shrivastava. "AI Startup Writer Raises $100 Million To Take On ChatGPT Enterprise". https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2023/09/18/ai-startup-writer-raises-100-million-to-take-on-chatgpt-enterprise/?sh=3dec6822cf20. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ↑ Beam, Christopher. "The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons" (in en-US). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-detection-chat-gpt-college-students/. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ↑ "May Habib Archives" (in en). https://peopleofcolorintech.com/tag/may-habib/.
- ↑ "Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy". https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/writer-deploys-home-cooked-large-language-models-to-power-up-enterprise-copy/?guccounter=1. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ↑ "Working AI: May Habib's Writer Sells A New Way Of Doing Things - Forbes India". https://www.forbesindia.com/amp/article/cross-border/working-ai-may-habibs-writer-sells-a-new-way-of-doing-things/96012/1.
- ↑ "Writer introduces product that could help reduce hallucinated content in its LLMs". https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/11/writer-introduces-product-that-could-help-reduce-hallucinated-content-in-its-llms/. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ↑ "Qordoba Announces $11.5 Million Series B Funding, Led by Aspect Ventures". 2018-10-11. https://venturebeat.com/business/qordoba-announces-11-5-million-series-b-funding-led-by-aspect-ventures/. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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