The London-based AI writing startup was co-founded by a former DeepMind creative lead, with LocalGlobe and angels including Steve Newman, Cal Henderson and Thomas Wolf joining the financing.
Marker, a London-based AI writing startup co-founded by a former DeepMind creative lead, has come out of stealth and disclosed a $13 million seed round. Index Ventures led the financing, with additional backing from LocalGlobe and angel investors including Writely co-founder Steve Newman, Slack co-founder Cal Henderson, and Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf. The announcement marks Marker’s public debut and provides an early signal of investor appetite for AI tools focused on writing.