# Cheryl Liu

> Cheryl Liu is the founder and CEO of Raspberry AI, a New York generative-AI platform that turns fashion designers' sketches into retail-ready, photo-realistic images, technical drawings, and CAD files in minutes instead of months. A former KKR retail private-equity analyst who later built product and machine-learning teams at Amazon and DoorDash, she spotted the opening for fashion-specific image generation the moment DALL-E and Stable Diffusion arrived in late 2022. Raspberry AI now serves brands including Under Armour, J.Crew, Tapestry, and Li & Fung, raised a $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and was named one of CB Insights' 2026 AI 100 as the only creative-AI application on the list.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Raspberry AI
- **Organizations:** Raspberry AI, KKR, Amazon, DoorDash, Catawiki
- **Education:** BA, Columbia University, MBA, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Raspberry AI, a generative-AI design platform for the fashion industry, Raised $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (total $28.5M+ reported), Built a customer base including Under Armour, J.Crew, Tapestry, TJX, LVMH, lululemon, MCM Worldwide, Gruppo Teddy and Li & Fung

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Private equity analyst at KKR, focused on retail and fashion enterprises
- **mid career** — Product and machine-learning roles at Amazon (AWS), DoorDash, and Catawiki
- **2022** — Founded Raspberry AI after DALL-E and Stable Diffusion made fashion-specific image generation possible
- **2024** — Raised a $4.5M seed round
- **2025-01** — Raised $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz; total funding reaches $28.5M+
- **2025** — Named a 100 Women in AI (100WAI) honoree; debuted AI-driven collaboration with Theophilio at NYFW SS26
- **2026** — Raspberry AI named to CB Insights AI 100 as the only creative-AI application on the list

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Raspberry AI, a generative-AI design platform for the fashion industry
- Raised $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (total $28.5M+ reported)
- Built a customer base including Under Armour, J.Crew, Tapestry, TJX, LVMH, lululemon, MCM Worldwide, Gruppo Teddy and Li & Fung
- Named one of 100 Women in AI (2025)
- Raspberry AI selected as the only creative-AI application on CB Insights' 2026 AI 100
- Selected among AI developer finalists for the CFDA x OpenAI Innovation Hub

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Closed $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
- **2025-03** — Expanded the platform with new tools for creating visual marketing content
- **2025** — Debuted a first-of-its-kind AI-driven fashion collaboration with Theophilio at New York Fashion Week SS26
- **2026** — Raspberry AI named to CB Insights AI 100

## Links

- Website: https://raspberry.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-jiaping-liu

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Last updated: 2026-06-04