Writer

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

WRITER is a privately held enterprise AI company founded in 2020 that provides a full-stack platform for building, deploying, and governing AI applications and agents for mission-critical business workflows. Its positioning emphasizes enterprise security, privacy, compliance, controllability, and measurable productivity/ROI.

Primary product

WRITER enterprise AI platform: Palmyra proprietary LLMs, AI Studio and APIs, AI agents, graph-based retrieval/Knowledge Graph, connectors, customizable guardrails, and workflow applications.

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

Approximately 350–400; third-party profiles vary and LinkedIn-derived data is materially inconsistent.

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Software development

Sub-industry

Enterprise generative AI / business-productivity software

Offices

San Francisco, California (HQ)

New York, New York

London, United Kingdom

Chicago, Illinois

Austin, Texas

Business model

B2B enterprise SaaS

Usage/platform licensing

Enterprise AI applications and agents

Professional services and AI program management

Funding

Stage

Late-stage venture-backed / Series C; private, generating revenue

Total raised

$326M

Latest round

Series C · Nov 2024

Latest amount

$200M

Series C

Nov 2024 · Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth

$200M

Series B

Sep 2023 · ICONIQ Growth

$100M

Series A

Nov 2021 · Insight Partners

$21M

Seed

Aug 2020 · Aspect Ventures

$5M

People & investors

Leadership

May Habib

CEO & Co-founder

Waseem AlShikh

CTO & Co-founder

Andy Shorkey

Chief Revenue Officer

Diego Lomanto

Chief Marketing Officer

Roger Kopfmann

Chief Financial Officer

Brian O’Reilly

Chief Operating Officer

Jevan Lenox

Chief People Officer

Mina Alaghband

Chief Customer Officer

Eric Freeman

Chief Information Security Officer

Kevin Chung

Chief Strategy Officer

Muayad Ali

SVP, Software Engineering

Dan Bikel

VP, AI Research

Matan-Paul Shetrit

VP, Product Management

Doris Jwo

VP, Product Management

Investors

Work & culture

The company describes a hybrid culture combining office collaboration with remote work, organized around San Francisco, New York, and London hubs. Stated values include ownership, high standards, listening first, trust, diverse perspectives, craftsmanship, and building an enduring company.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public evidence supports stock options, 401(k) contributions, healthcare, PTO, and learning benefits. Third-party compensation signals place some engineering total compensation roughly in the $150,000–$350,000 range, but this is not an official company-wide band; visa policy is not established.

Benefits

Employer-covered medical plans

Dental and vision insurance

Life insurance and FSA

Parental leave

Company stock options

401(k) with employer contributions

Learning and development stipend

Generous PTO

Product & market

Pricing

Enterprise sales-led pricing; public plans/trial entry point exists, but enterprise pricing is not publicly specified.

Differentiators

—Full-stack enterprise platform rather than a model-only offering
—Proprietary Palmyra LLM family
—Graph-based grounding through Knowledge Graph / graph-based RAG
—Configurable brand, legal, compliance, and security guardrails
—AI agents designed to execute multi-step enterprise workflows
—Enterprise privacy, governance, and compliance posture
—Integrations with enterprise identity, security, and observability systems

Technology

Palmyra family of LLMs

Graph-based RAG / Writer Knowledge Graph

AI agents and agent orchestration

AI Studio and APIs

Customizable AI guardrails

Enterprise connectors and integrations

Security, identity, and observability integrations

SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-oriented enterprise controls

Customers

Accenture

Ally Bank

Intuit

L’Oréal

Mars

Prudential

Qualcomm

Salesforce

Uber

Vanguard

Lennar

Kenvue

Spotify

UnitedHealthcare

Deloitte

Competitors

OpenAI

Microsoft Azure AI / Copilot

Google Cloud Vertex AI

Anthropic

Cohere

Writer’s enterprise AI platform competitors generally include foundation-model vendors and enterprise AI workflow platforms

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $20M–$50M annual revenue/ARR signal; third-party LinkedIn-derived data reports $26M, while 2024 press coverage said the company expected approximately $50M ARR by year-end. Treat as directional, not audited.

Latest news

WRITER launches/positions its platform for agentic enterprise work

WRITER · Mar 2026

The current company positioning emphasizes AI agents that execute end-to-end enterprise work, with integrated security, identity, observability, and governance.

WRITER raises $200M Series C at $1.9B valuation

WRITER · Nov 2024

Writer announced a $200M Series C at a $1.9B valuation, co-led by Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth, bringing reported total funding to $326M.

Generative AI startup Writer raises $200M at a $1.9B valuation

TechCrunch · Nov 2024

Coverage reported the Series C, investor participation, $326M total raised, and the company’s enterprise-focused AI strategy.

AI Startup Writer Raises Funds at $1.9 Billion Valuation

Bloomberg · Nov 2024

Bloomberg reported the new financing nearly quadrupled Writer’s valuation and that total funding reached $326M.

WRITER raises $100 million in Series B funding

WRITER · Sep 2023

Writer announced a $100M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth, with Insight Partners, WndrCo, Balderton, Aspect Ventures, Accenture, and Vanguard participating.

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Jobs and careers at Writer

51 jobs at Writer

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