Writer

We’re transforming work

Rob Rigsby
Haley Kaloostian
Brock Imel
Deanna Dong
Kevin Wei
Jillian Freidus
Danny Leung
Rachel Gurman
Ian Gomez
Brey Jones
Smit Shah
Allison Comito
Spencer Williams
Apara Sivaraman
Nastia Kobzarenko
A desire to elevate people

For CEO May Habib and CTO Waseem AlShikh, language has always been at the core of what they do. Both grew up in non English-speaking households, and it shaped their belief that the language you were born speaking shouldn’t impact the kind of life you end up leading. If they could help people be more effective communicators, they figured, they could help them unleash their full potential.

Early to generative AI

For over ten years, May and Waseem have been hard at work on complex language problems. In 2013, they started a company that built software to localize content dynamically. It’s in the machine translation world where they first started working with transformers. In 2020, May and Waseem combined this experience with their knowledge of natural language processing and enterprise customer requirements to start Writer. Writer’s research, applied engineering and AI, and GTM teams have a single goal: to build AI that puts human potential and flourishing at the core. Today, the Writer platform is the easiest, fastest way for enterprises to build generative AI applications, and Writer has helped over 1 million users adopt AI in their daily work.

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FOUNDERS

May Habib

Waseem AlShikh

Golden Gate Bridge
OFFICES

San Francisco (HQ)
140 Geary St, Floor 8
San Francisco, CA 94108

New York skyscraper

New York
215 Park Ave South,
Suite 1901
New York, NY 10003

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London
91 Wimpole St,
Suite 1.07
London W1G 0EF

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Founders

May Habib

May Habib

CEO & Co-founder

Waseem AlShikh

Waseem AlShikh

CTO & Co-founder

Leadership

Andy Shorkey

Andy Shorkey

Chief Revenue Officer

Diego Lomanto

Diego Lomanto

Chief Marketing Officer

Roger Kopfmann

Roger Kopfmann

Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Chung

Kevin Chung

Chief Strategy Officer

Maiko Cook

Maiko Cook

VP, Operations

Andrew Racine

Andrew Racine

VP, Demand Generation & Growth

Alex Wettreich

Alex Wettreich

VP, Sales

Doris Jwo

Doris Jwo

Head of Product

Rohan Vaidya

Rohan Vaidya

VP, People & Talent

Rowan Reynolds

Rowan Reynolds

General Counsel

Brian O'Reilly

Brian O’Reilly

GM of International

Alexis McBride

Alexis McBride

VP, Customer Success

Melisa Russak

Melisa Russak

Head of Machine Learning

Muayad Ali

Muayad Ali

Director of Engineering

James Lee

James Lee

Head of GTM Operations & Strategy

Matan-Paul Shetrit

Matan-Paul Shetrit

Head of Developer Product

Investors

Premji Invest
Radical Ventures
ICONIQ Growth
Accenture
Adobe Ventures
Aspect Ventures
B Capital
Balderton
Citi Ventures
IBM Ventures
Insight Partners
Salesforce Ventures
WndrCo
Workday Ventures
Vanguard

Advisors

Doug Pepper

Doug Pepper

General Partner
ICONIQ Growth

Jamie Barnett

Jamie Barnett

Investor & Advisor

Radhika Venkatraman

Radhika Venkatraman

Senior Advisor
Cerberus Capital Management

Whit Bouck

Whit Bouck

Managing Director
Insight Partners

Growth Advisory Board

Ajay Dhaul

Ajay Dhaul

SVP Global Data, Applied AI &
Digital Business Transformation
Kenvue

Casey Santos

Casey Santos

Chief Information
Officer

Jennifer Manry

Jennifer Manry

Principal, Corporate
Systems & Technology
Vanguard

Nishith Desai

Nishith Desai

Managing Director,
Investment Banking Engineering
Goldman Sachs

Sathish Muthukrishnan

Sathish Muthukrishnan

Chief Information, Data
and Digital Officer
Ally

Scott Spradley

Scott Spradley

Chief Technology
Officer
Lennar Corporation

Siddhartha Bala

Siddhartha Bala

CIO, Data & Analytics/Head
of Public Cloud
BNY Mellon

Teresa Tung

Teresa Tung

Senior Managing Director
Accenture

Customer Advisory Board

Anna Griffin

Anna Griffin

Chief Market Officer
Commvault

Jessica Bergmann

Jessica Bergmann

VP, Global Content
& Social Marketing
Salesforce

Marc Appel

Marc Appel

Managing Director, Content
& Editorial Strategy
Accenture

Ranjan Roy

Ranjan Roy

SVP Strategy
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Our promise

Writer is building AI that compresses the time between “dream it” and “build it.” This means the barriers to innovation have begun falling away. Now, it’s clear that teams across enterprises can quickly create solutions that generate high-quality insights, answer important questions, and do important work — all in compliance with their company brand, laws, and regulations. With Writer, organizations aren’t just transforming work to realize massive productivity improvements, democratize information, and accelerate time to market — but people within those organizations are learning more quickly, communicating more clearly, and elevating their own performance.

Starting with May’s and Waseem’s early vision, and now across the entire team at Writer, our promise is to center people in all that we do, empowering them to create their own solutions, address their unique challenges, and solve problems faster than they ever thought possible. We’re hiring across every role, and if you share our vision of AI helping every human achieve their potential, join us.

Our values
Connect
Connect

Our success depends on the strength of our relationships. We strive to understand and respect each other on a human level. We listen actively to our customers, partners, and teammates, and we’re intentional about building shared understanding.

Challenge
Challenge

We challenge each other to do our best work. We hold each other to the highest bar. We don’t shy away from conflicting points of view, and believe diverse perspectives lead to the best outcomes.

Own
Own

Regardless of role, we’re all owners, which means we think big and bold. We’re not here for tactical solutions or quick band-aids. Sure, we’re action-oriented, but we act with an eye towards what’s best for the long-term.

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