# Sean Williams

> Sean Williams is the British founder and CEO of AutogenAI, a generative-AI platform that drafts winning bids and proposals up to eight times faster than humans. A Cambridge philosophy graduate who studied logic and feminist philosophy, he spent a decade designing large-scale public employment programs before building and selling the training company Corndel for a reported 47 million pounds. He launched AutogenAI in late 2021, shipped its first product in September 2022, and raised more than 60 million dollars across Series A and B rounds backed by Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Blossom Capital. Off the clock he is a serious open-level backgammon player and a collector of rare guitars.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at AutogenAI
- **Organizations:** AutogenAI, Corndel, G4S, United Kingdom Backgammon Federation, Rare Guitar Club
- **From:** Hillingdon, London, England
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** BA in Philosophy (logic, mathematical logic, political and feminist philosophy), Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Secondary education (attended on bursary), Haberdashers' Boys' School
- **Known for:** Built and sold Corndel, scaling it to roughly 350 staff before a reported 47 million pound exit, Founded AutogenAI and raised over 60 million dollars in venture funding, Shipped a generative-AI proposal platform that cuts bid-drafting time by as much as eight times

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Senior director at G4S working on active labour market policies; spent a decade designing UK and Australian employment programs including New Deal and the Work Programme
- **2015** — Founded the training provider Corndel; also chaired the United Kingdom Backgammon Federation (2015-2017)
- **2020** — Sold Corndel to THI Holdings in November for a reported 47 million pounds
- **2021** — Founded AutogenAI in late 2021
- **2022** — Released the first version of AutogenAI's proposal-writing software in September
- **2023** — Raised a 22.3 million dollar Series A (Blossom Capital, July) and a 39.5 million dollar Series B led by Salesforce Ventures and Spark Capital (December)

## Achievements

- Built and sold Corndel, scaling it to roughly 350 staff before a reported 47 million pound exit
- Founded AutogenAI and raised over 60 million dollars in venture funding
- Shipped a generative-AI proposal platform that cuts bid-drafting time by as much as eight times
- Managed public service contracts with revenues exceeding 100 million dollars and led teams of over 900 people
- Chaired the United Kingdom Backgammon Federation
- Estimated by the London Evening Standard at a net worth of 48 million pounds in 2023

## Latest updates

- **2023-12** — Closed a 39.5 million dollar Series B led by Salesforce Ventures and Spark Capital
- **2025-02** — Promoted AutogenAI Federal, positioned as an AI-powered tool for the US public sector

## Links

- Website: https://autogenai.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-williams-88336225
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SeanWilliamsTw1

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Last updated: 2026-06-20