WRITER - About the company
WRITER is a series C company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2012 by May Habib and Waseem Alshikh. It operates as a Developer of an enterprise AI platform for agentic work. WRITER has raised $369M in funding from investors like Upfront Ventures, Insight Partners and Iconiq Capital, with a current valuation of $1.9B. The company has 2669 active competitors, including 301 funded and 145 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Box, Airtable and Appian.
Sectors and market segments that WRITER operate in
WRITER serves in the High Tech, Native AI market segments.The primary business model of WRITER are:Company Details
Developer of an enterprise AI platform for agentic work. The platform enables users to build, activate, and supervise AI agents. It offers tools for IT and business teams to create agents with shared resources. The platform provides features for governing and observing agents at scale, along with integrations and controls.
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- writer.com
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2012
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$369M in 12 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$1.9B as on Nov 06, 2024
Investors
Ranked
7th among 2669 active competitors
Employee Count
2,419 as on Mar 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with WRITER
WRITER is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WRITER, INC. CIN: 5702266 , United States, Active | Mar 02, 2015 | - | - | - |
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WRITER's funding and investors
WRITER has raised a total funding of $369M over 12 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 05, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Nov 06, 2024 for $200M. 13 investors participated in its latest round. WRITER has 40 institutional investors and 15 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of WRITER:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 06, 2024 | $200M | Series C | $1.9B | - | ||
Sep 18, 2023 | $100M | Series B | $500M | - | ||
Nov 15, 2021 | $21M | Series B | - | - |
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WRITER's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of WRITER's key team members:
- May Habib: Co-Founder & CEO of WRITER and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Waseem Alshikh: Co-founder and CTO of WRITER. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
WRITER's Board of Directors
WRITER's board has 7 active members. Doug Pepper, May Habib, Waseem Alshikh, Jennifer Scott Fonstad, Robert Toews, Whitney Bouck and J Zachary Stein are independent board members.Here is the list of WRITER's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m |
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WRITER's employee count trend
WRITER has 2,419 employees as of Mar 26. Here is WRITER's employee count trend over the years:
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WRITER's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of WRITER include Box, Airtable and Appian. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of WRITER, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Box 2005, Redwood City (United States), Public | AI based platform for secure collaboration, content management,
and workflow | $693M | 81/100 | |
2nd |  Airtable 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Cloud and AI based low code workflow and app development platform | $1.35B | 79/100 | |
3rd | Appian 1999, Reston (United States), Public | Cloud based low code application development and automation platform | $47.5M | 78/100 | |
4th | UiPath 2005, New York City (United States), Public | Provider of a platform for agentic automation and AI solutions | $1.96B | 77/100 | |
5th |  Pipefy 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series C | SaaS-based workflow and task management solution provider | $149M | 76/100 | |
6th |  Moveworks 2016, Mountain View (United States), Acquired | Developer of an AI assistant platform for enterprise workflow automation | $315M | 74/100 | |
7th |  WRITER 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of an enterprise AI platform for agentic work | $369M | 70/100 | |
8th | Cloud-based business process management software | $34M | 69/100 | ||
9th | Provider of a unified platform for digital transformation and automation | $17.7M | 69/100 | ||
10th | General AI agent that leverages its autonomous capabilities to bridge minds and actions | $85M | 69/100 |
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WRITER's Investments and acquisitions
WRITER has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to WRITER
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News related to WRITER
Filter this listMedia has covered WRITER for a total of 16 events in the last 1 year, 5 of them have been about company updates and 5 about people movement.
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WRITER Appoints Brian O'Reilly as First Chief Operating OfficerBusiness Wire•Feb 24, 2026•WRITER
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Cohesity & AWS Collaborate to Advance AI Cyber ResilienceCIO Influence•Nov 21, 2025•Amazon Web Services, Cohesity, zeb, HCL Technologies and 8 others
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WRITER Launches New AI Agent Experience to Power Everyday Work with Enterprise-wide ImpactBusiness Wire•Nov 18, 2025•WRITER
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Carnezinho no PIX': Pagaleve raises R$ 160 million and is now worth R$ 1 billionFusoes & Aquisicoes•Oct 08, 2025•Credit Saison, Salesforce Ventures, Pagaleve, OIF Ventures and 9 others
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Perficient and Writer Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Enterprise AI AdoptionBusiness Wire•Aug 28, 2025•WRITER, Perficient
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Writer’s $1.9B AI action agent outperforms OpenAI, is Anthropic the next one?Tech Funding News•Jul 30, 2025•Premji Invest, OpenAI, WRITER, Iconiq Capital and 1 other
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Cognizant and WRITER Partner to Accelerate AI-Driven TransformationPR Newswire•Jul 30, 2025•WRITER, Cognizant
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