{"id":275204,"date":"2025-11-10T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275204\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:44:10","slug":"ai-powerpoint-killer-gamma-hits-2-1b-valuation-100m-arr-founder-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275204\/","title":{"rendered":"AI PowerPoint-killer Gamma hits $2.1B valuation, $100M ARR, founder says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Success unicorn startup company, venture capital funding billion dollar support, growth or winning entrepreneur, challenge concept, happy winning businessman with unicorn mass and winning glove.\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> Image Credits:Getty Images      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Gamma, a startup\u00a0that\u00a0creates\u00a0AI-generated presentations,\u00a0websites,\u00a0and social media posts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sg.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/gamma-surpasses-100m-arr-raises-143000925.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Monday a\u00a0$68 million Series B round at a $2.1 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Co-founder\u00a0and CEO\u00a0Grant Lee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thisisgrantlee\/status\/1987880600661889356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">posted on X<\/a>\u00a0that the company\u00a0has\u00a0profitably hit\u00a0$100 million in ARR, with\u00a070 million users.\u00a0The startup\u00a0hit $50 million profitably in its first two\u00a0years, Lee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7393316653478027264\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previously posted;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">previously posted<\/a>.\u00a0Gamma last raised\u00a0a\u00a0$12 million\u00a0Series A\u00a0round\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.accel.com\/noteworthies\/our-series-a-in-gamma#all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:led by Accel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">led by Accel<\/a>\u00a0in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Gamma\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0exactly a new-to-the-scene AI startup (at least by AI standards). It was\u00a0founded in late 2020,\u00a0according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/grantslee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lee\u2019s LinkedIn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lee\u2019s LinkedIn<\/a>, with its product first launching in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Its\u00a0more cautious raising trajectory (by AI standards) helped it\u00a0hit a double-unicorn valuation on a total fundraising of about $90 million. This was achieved with only about 50\u00a0employees, Lee\u00a0said.\u00a0And the round included a $20 million secondary offering that gave liquidity to early employees, the company tells TechCrunch. The latest round also included\u00a0participation from Accel and Uncork\u00a0Capital,\u00a0and its\u00a0other\u00a0backers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thisisgrantlee\/status\/1987880600661889356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:include;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">include<\/a>\u00a0South Park Commons, Hustle\u00a0Fund,\u00a0and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image Credits:Getty Images Gamma, a startup\u00a0that\u00a0creates\u00a0AI-generated presentations,\u00a0websites,\u00a0and social media posts,\u00a0announced\u00a0on Monday a\u00a0$68 million Series B round at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[62,4205,276,277,49,48,61],"class_list":["post-275204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-andreessen-horowitz","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}