BeautifulAi

Beautiful.ai is a software company that provides an AI-powered platform for creating presentations. The company was founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur Mitch Grasso, who previously founded the cloud-based presentation tool SlideRocket, which was acquired by VMware in 2011. Grasso's experience with SlideRocket revealed that most users lack design skills and struggle to create visually appealing presentations. This led him to develop Beautiful.ai, a tool designed to embed the principles of good design directly into the software, automating the design process for users.

The company's core product is a presentation maker that uses artificial intelligence to automatically apply design best practices, format slides, and suggest layouts as the user adds content. The platform offers smart templates, real-time collaboration features, brand consistency controls, and analytics to track viewer engagement. Users can generate presentations from a text prompt, and the AI assists with maintaining consistent branding, such as logos, fonts, and colors. The business model operates on a SaaS (Software as a Service) basis, with various subscription plans for individuals, teams, and enterprises. Revenue is generated through these recurring subscriptions, which unlock advanced features for business use. The platform primarily serves business clients, from small startups to large enterprises like Google, IBM, and Uber.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Beautiful.ai has secured significant funding to support its growth. The company raised a $5.25 million Series A round in 2016 and an $11 million Series B round in May 2018, with investors including First Round Capital, Shasta Ventures, and Trinity Ventures. The company mentioned in the prompt, pearme.ai, appears to be a separate entity focused on an AI personal stylist application and is not directly related to Beautiful.ai's presentation software.

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