# Writer

> Writer is a full-stack generative AI platform built for the Fortune 500. Founded in 2020 by May Habib and Waseem AlShikh, the company trains its own family of Palmyra LLMs and pairs them with an agent studio, knowledge graph, and guardrails - so banks, retailers, and healthcare giants can deploy AI without renting another vendor's model.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** May Habib (Co-founder & CEO), Waseem AlShikh (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~2,500 (reported)
- **Products:** Palmyra LLMs, AI Studio, Knowledge Graph, AI Guardrails, Writer Agents
- **Notable:** Raised $200M Series C at $1.9B valuation in November 2024, Palmyra-X ranked top among enterprise-tuned LLMs on Stanford HELM, Grew to 250+ enterprise customers including more than a third of the Fortune 500 across verticals

## Products & services

- **Palmyra LLMs** — Writer's family of in-house large language models, including Palmyra-X, Palmyra-Med, and Palmyra-Fin, tuned for specific industries.
- **AI Studio** — A collaborative builder for AI apps and agents - drag-and-drop tooling for non-engineers, plus an API for developers.
- **Knowledge Graph** — Graph-based RAG that grounds Writer's agents in a company's documents, data, and policies.
- **AI Guardrails** — Compliance, policy, and brand-safety layer that sits between Writer's models and the enterprise.
- **Writer Agents** — Pre-built and custom AI agents for roles like content ops, support, finance, and clinical research.

## Achievements

- Raised $200M Series C at $1.9B valuation in November 2024
- Palmyra-X ranked top among enterprise-tuned LLMs on Stanford HELM
- Grew to 250+ enterprise customers including more than a third of the Fortune 500 across verticals
- Launched the first collaborative AI Studio for building enterprise AI apps without engineering bottlenecks (2024)
- Released Palmyra-Med and Palmyra-Fin, industry-specific LLMs for healthcare and finance

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Announced global expansion to meet international demand for agentic AI.
- **2024-11** — Closed $200M Series C at $1.9B valuation.
- **2024-06** — Launched AI Studio for collaborative agent and app building.

## Links

- Website: https://writer.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getwriter
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/get_writer
- GitHub: https://github.com/writer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getwriter
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/WriterAI

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Last updated: 2026-05-22