Writer Inc.

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Writer Inc.
Company type Private
Industry
Founded2020
Founder
  • May Habib
  • Waseem AlShikh
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
ProductsFull-stack generative AI platform
Services
Website writer.com

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.

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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. 1 2 Rashi Shrivastava. "AI Startup Writer Raises $100 Million To Take On ChatGPT Enterprise". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  2. ↑ Beam, Christopher. "The AI Detection Arms Race Is On—and College Students Are Building the Weapons". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. ↑ "May Habib Archives". POCIT. Telling the stories and thoughts of the underrepresented in tech. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  4. ↑ "Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy" . Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  5. ↑ "Working AI: May Habib's Writer Sells A New Way Of Doing Things - Forbes India". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Writer introduces product that could help reduce hallucinated content in its LLMs" . Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  7. ↑ "Qordoba Announces $11.5 Million Series B Funding, Led by Aspect Ventures". VentureBeat. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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