# Joseph Semrai

> Joseph Semrai is a Thiel Fellow and serial AI builder who dropped out of Stanford at 20 to found Context, the world's first AI-native office suite. Context raised $11M in seed funding at a $70M valuation from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and General Catalyst, and launched to automate an estimated 2.5 trillion hours of annual knowledge work. Before Context, Semrai built Friday - the world's first internet-connected LLM chatbot (later acquired by Andi Search) - and RealityGPT, a wearable GPT-4 device, as a Stanford freshman. He is known for assembling elite engineering teams and building AI products that reach millions of users.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Context
- **Organizations:** Context, Thiel Fellowship, Stanford University (former), Pervasive (co-founder), Friday (co-founder, acquired), Major League Hacking, New York Academy of Sciences, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate (left), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Thiel Fellow (2024), Built Friday - world's first internet-connected LLM chatbot, later acquired by Andi Search, Created RealityGPT - world's first wearable GPT-4 device

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Entered Stanford University
- **2022** — Co-founded Friday, the world's first internet-connected LLM chatbot
- **2022** — Presented Friday at Y Combinator Demo Day, Fall 2022
- **2023** — Built RealityGPT as a Stanford freshman - world's first wearable GPT-4
- **2023** — Friday acquired by Andi Search
- **2023** — Co-founded Pervasive (July 2023)
- **2024** — Left Stanford at age 20, accepted Thiel Fellowship
- **2024** — Founded Context in San Francisco
- **2025-05** — Context raised $11M seed round at $70M valuation led by Lux Capital and Qualcomm Ventures
- **2025-07** — Context launched GA as world's first AI-native office suite

## Achievements

- Thiel Fellow (2024)
- Built Friday - world's first internet-connected LLM chatbot, later acquired by Andi Search
- Created RealityGPT - world's first wearable GPT-4 device
- Raised $11M seed round at $70M valuation for Context
- Built products reaching millions of users before age 21
- Secured SOC-2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications for Context
- Context Engine processes 50M+ tokens without quality degradation
- Integrated Context with 300+ enterprise applications
- Earned endorsement from Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Context launched general availability of its AI-native office suite to automate 2.5 trillion hours of annual knowledge work
- **2025-05** — Context raised $11M seed round at $70M valuation from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and General Catalyst
- **2025-05** — TechCrunch coverage of Context's $11M raise to build AI-powered office suite

## Links

- Website: https://josephsemrai.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/semrai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/josephsemrai
- GitHub: https://github.com/JosephSemrai
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephsemrai/

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Last updated: 2026-05-06