# Willow

> Willow is a San Francisco startup building voice-first interfaces that turn natural speech into polished text across every app on Mac, Windows, and iPhone. Founded in 2024 by Stanford dropouts Allan Guo and Lawrence Liu and backed by Y Combinator, Willow promises roughly 3x the accuracy of built-in dictation with ~200ms response time, automatic filler-word removal, style-matching, and an AI mode that reshapes rough spoken notes into finished messages. The company raised $4.2M in seed funding and has grown roughly 50% month over month, with early enterprise users including Uber, Heidi Health, and Zego.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Allan Guo (Co-founder & CEO), Lawrence Liu (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~29 employees
- **Products:** Willow for Mac & Windows, Willow Voice Keyboard (iOS), AI Mode, Willow for Developers, Willow for Teams
- **Notable:** Raised $4.2M seed round led by BoxGroup with participation from YC and notable angels., Reported ~50% month-over-month user growth since launch., Signed early enterprise users including Uber, Heidi Health, and Zego.

## Products & services

- **Willow for Mac & Windows** — Desktop voice dictation that works across every app with smart formatting, filler-word removal, style-matching, and an auto-learning dictionary. Includes an optional offline mode and a 'Hey Willow' voice assistant.
- **Willow Voice Keyboard (iOS)** — An iOS voice keyboard that types across all apps with a full keyboard available for edits - letting you fix what you said instead of re-recording.
- **AI Mode** — Transforms brief, rough verbal notes into polished, context-appropriate messages for email, chat, and docs.
- **Willow for Developers** — Voice input tuned for coding environments like Cursor and other AI IDEs, handling technical vocabulary and hands-free prompting.
- **Willow for Teams** — A team/enterprise offering with shared deployment, aimed at organizations adopting voice dictation at scale.

## Achievements

- Raised $4.2M seed round led by BoxGroup with participation from YC and notable angels.
- Reported ~50% month-over-month user growth since launch.
- Signed early enterprise users including Uber, Heidi Health, and Zego.
- Shipped across Mac, Windows, and iOS with 100+ language support.
- SOC 2 Type II certified and HIPAA-compliant.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Closed $4.2M seed round led by BoxGroup with YC and angel investors.
- **2025-11** — Launched the Willow voice keyboard for iOS, letting users type - and edit - across all iOS apps.
- **2026-01** — Released Willow for Windows.
- **2026-02** — Launched Willow for Developers, targeting Cursor and AI IDEs.
- **2026-03** — Launched Willow for Teams for organizations.

## Links

- Website: https://willowvoice.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/willowvoice
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WillowVoiceAI
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2MaMTphhg0

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Last updated: 2026-07-02