# Averi

> Averi is a New York-based AI content engine for startups that blends generative-AI agents with a curated marketplace of vetted US marketing experts. The platform researches, drafts, publishes and optimizes content in one workflow - handling strategy, SEO/GEO, competitor tracking and analytics while keeping humans in creative control. Founded in 2023 by Zack Holland, Averi raised a $2M pre-seed in 2024 and a $3M seed in 2025, and reports roughly $2.1M in revenue with a small team of around a dozen people.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Zack Holland (Co-founder & CEO), Matthew Bellows (Acting CEO (Partner, Grit Capital))
- **Team size:** ~11-19 employees
- **Products:** AI Content Engine, Brand Intelligence, Strategy Map, Expert Marketplace, Integrated Billing & Project Management
- **Notable:** Grew its own website traffic 6,000% in six months using the internal tool that became Averi., Raised $5M total across pre-seed and seed rounds within about 18 months., Built a curated expert marketplace with a sub-0.5% acceptance rate (~3,000 vetted US marketers).

## Products & services

- **AI Content Engine** — A single workflow that researches topics, drafts brand-voice content, publishes to a CMS, and optimizes based on analytics.
- **Brand Intelligence** — Learns a company's details, ideal customer profile, competitors and voice so generated content stays aligned.
- **Strategy Map** — Competitive gap analysis, search intent and keyword targeting to plan what to publish and why.
- **Expert Marketplace** — A curated network of ~3,000 vetted US marketing professionals (PR, SEO, ad channels, UX/UI, GTM, events) with a sub-0.5% acceptance rate.
- **Integrated Billing & Project Management** — Built-in tooling to run projects and payments across AI agents and human experts in one place.
- **Site Analytics & GEO/SEO Optimization** — Tracks performance and builds interlinked content clusters to rank on Google and get cited by AI search.

## Achievements

- Grew its own website traffic 6,000% in six months using the internal tool that became Averi.
- Raised $5M total across pre-seed and seed rounds within about 18 months.
- Built a curated expert marketplace with a sub-0.5% acceptance rate (~3,000 vetted US marketers).
- Reached ~$2.1M revenue with a team of roughly a dozen people.
- Signed early customers including Nike, Superhuman and Wispr AI.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Raised a $3M seed round led by Grit Capital Partners with Gaingels and returning investor Singularity Capital.
- **2024-10** — Emerged from stealth with a $2M pre-seed at an $8M valuation, positioning as an AI-plus-human marketing platform.

## Links

- Website: https://averi.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/averi-ai

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