Typeface Emerges From Stealth With $65 Million

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Typeface&comma; an AI application for enterprise content creation&comma; has emerged from stealth to help businesses securely create exceptional&comma; brand-personalized content faster and easier than ever before&period; The company launched with an oversubscribed &dollar;65 million round from Lightspeed Venture Partners&comma; GV &lpar;Google Ventures&rpar;&comma; M12 &lpar;Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s Venture Fund&rpar;&comma; and Menlo Ventures&period; Typeface is led by former CTO of Adobe&comma; Abhay Parasnis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Generative AI platforms represent a major technological breakthrough that promises to create content at tremendous speed and scale&period; To successfully leverage its potential&comma; enterprises must combine generative AI&&num;8217&semi;s speed with a brand&&num;8217&semi;s unique voice&comma; audiences&comma; and workflows to completely transform content creation while maintaining brand control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;By adding brand affinity to generative AI&comma; Typeface allows enterprises to harness their collective creative power for unique expression of their stories and imagination&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Typeface CEO and Founder&comma; Abhay Parasnis&period; &&num;8220&semi;Now&comma; any company can transform content into a value multiplier&comma; connecting every department and empowering employees to achieve their creative and storytelling goals&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Typeface is at the forefront of a monumental shift in how businesses will create and collaborate&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Ravi Mhatre&comma; Partner at Lightspeed&period; &&num;8220&semi;With a world-class team and category-defining vision&comma; Typeface is the first company to address the significant need for a comprehensive platform that radically personalizes generative AI for the enterprise&period; By democratizing access to this technology&comma; companies can supercharge iterative creation and meaningfully engage with customers unlike ever before&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Typeface&&num;8217&semi;s new product provides complete lifecycle content development with self-serve solutions to create with ease&comma; speed&comma; and brand authenticity across all departments&comma; including marketing&comma; advertising&comma; customer support&comma; sales&comma; HR&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Graph<&sol;strong>&colon; A multimodal content hub where users can upload visual assets&comma; style guides&comma; messaging&comma; and more&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Blend<&sol;strong>&colon; Typeface&&num;8217&semi;s Affinity AI self-learns and customizes creations to each enterprises&&num;8217&semi; voice and audiences across all digital mediums and use cases&comma; including rapid ideation&comma; cross-team collaboration&comma; and personalized product campaigns&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Flow<&sol;strong>&colon; Self-serve workflows and templates that fit into existing processes and use natural language for ease of use&period; Templates include blog posts&comma; creative briefs&comma; social media ads&comma; landing pages&comma; job posts&comma; and more&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Safe<&sol;strong>&colon; Enterprise-grade security and compliance to implement governance policies&comma; asset control&comma; and brand ownership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Typeface has partnered with companies and digital-native brands to rapidly create and adapt content to their enterprise workflows&period; &&num;8220&semi;We are already leveraging Typeface in our brand content development and are inspired by the endless creative possibilities it presents&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Michele Floriani&comma; CMO at Sequoia Benefits Group&period; &&num;8220&semi;From ideation to refinement to stress-testing headlines to creating beautiful imagery&comma; Typeface is a powerful solution that will scale our content standards across our organization&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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