# Grant Lee

> Grant Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gamma, the AI-powered presentation and visual storytelling platform that replaced PowerPoint for over 50 million users and reached $100M ARR with just 50 employees. A Stanford-trained engineer who spent nearly a decade in finance before founding Gamma in 2020 from a London lockdown apartment with two co-founders and a newborn at home, Lee has led the company to a $2.1 billion valuation and $68M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz in November 2025 - building one of the most capital-efficient AI unicorns of the decade.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Gamma
- **Organizations:** Gamma, Optimizely, ClearBrain, Amplitude
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University, MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Certificate, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Gamma, reaching $100M ARR with only ~50 employees - one of the most capital-efficient AI startups, Led Gamma to a $2.1B valuation in November 2025, Grew Gamma to 50M+ users after AI integration in 2023

## Career timeline

- **2010s** — Spent nearly a decade in finance roles
- **2018** — Interim CFO and Head of Strategic Finance at Optimizely
- **2019** — COO at ClearBrain (AI analytics startup, later acquired by Amplitude)
- **2020** — Relocated with family to London; began planning Gamma with former Optimizely colleagues Jon Noronha and James Fox
- **2020-11** — Co-founded Gamma; built initial product during pandemic lockdown
- **2021-08** — Gamma launched in private beta
- **2021-10** — Raised $7M seed round led by Accel
- **2022** — Gamma moved to public beta
- **2023-03** — Integrated AI into Gamma; user growth exploded - 10M users in 9 months
- **2024-05** — Raised $12M Series A led by Accel
- **2025-09** — Launched Gamma 3.0 with 'Gamma Agent' AI design partner
- **2025-10** — Achieved SOC 2 Type II certification
- **2025-11** — Raised $68M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz at $2.1B valuation; reached $100M ARR

## Achievements

- Co-founded Gamma, reaching $100M ARR with only ~50 employees - one of the most capital-efficient AI startups
- Led Gamma to a $2.1B valuation in November 2025
- Grew Gamma to 50M+ users after AI integration in 2023
- Raised $68M Series B from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- Built Gamma profitably for most of the company's existence
- Secured $23M in funding before achieving $100M ARR - exceptional capital efficiency
- Achieved SOC 2 Type II certification in October 2025
- Speaker at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) series
- Speaker at The Montgomery Summit and Camp Hustle 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Gamma raised $68M Series B at $2.1B valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz; surpassed $100M ARR
- **2025-10** — Gamma achieved SOC 2 Type II certification
- **2025-09** — Launched Gamma 3.0 featuring 'Gamma Agent', an AI design partner

## Links

- Website: https://gamma.app
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grantslee
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/thisisgrantlee

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Last updated: 2026-05-12