Writ, a company rethinking how companies use data to make decisions, announced $3.8 million in Series Seed funding today. Gradient Ventures led the round, which included participation from Defy.vc, High Alpha, Toba Capital, and several angels.
Writ’s co-founders Adam Weinstein (CEO) and Jason McGhee (CTO), previously started Cursor, a data catalog solution (acquired by DataRobot in 2019). Following the acquisition, McGhee spent his time at DataRobot building out the company’s Deep Learning offerings while Weinstein served as Vice President of Product Management. Before Cursor, the duo held data and engineering roles at LinkedIn, Pandora, ExactTarget (now Salesforce), and Deloitte.
Writ is focused on developing the product’s core functionality along with industry-leading design partners and thought leaders. And the company currently provides access to key partners and intends to open a beta program later this year.
With the cost of data storage continuing to fall, teams struggle to get access to the answers they need to drive growth. Writ solves this by making sharing and discussing data a team sport. Use cases include helping a Board of Directors prepare for an earnings call or a retail store manager preparing inventory.
KEY QUOTES:
“For decades, data teams and the functions they support have shared a common mission without the tools to realize it. We’re redefining how people work with data by using AI to eliminate manual work, uncertainty, and barriers to collaboration.”
– Writ co-founder and CEO Adam Weinstein
“Data teams need to accelerate their communication and decision making to stay competitive. Classic dashboard and reporting tools simply don’t offer what professionals need. We’re rebuilding the experience from the ground up alongside domain experts, integrating bleeding edge ideas in design, collaboration, and AI.”
– Writ co-founder and CTO Jason McGhee
“Companies are looking for solutions to explain and understand their underlying data because most customer data is messy, disorganized, and inaccurate. The team at Writ is building a much-needed solution to allow teams to ingest this disparate data and make sense of it in real-time. We’re excited to partner with Adam, Jason, and the Writ team as they build a next generation intelligence platform for the AI era.”
– Darian Shirazi, General Partner at Gradient
“When making decisions, many companies struggle to harness data’s full potential. Writ’s innovative approach transforms data into actionable insights, empowering teams to collaborate effectively and drive meaningful outcomes.”
– Bob Rosin, General Partner at defy.vc
