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Writer’s product-market fit journey: May Habib on taking on ChatGPT Enterprise

Oct 16, 202331 min
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Full episode transcript: https://www.unusual.vc/post/writers-product-market-fit-journey


Started in 2020, Writer is an enterprise-grade generative AI platform for larger, security-conscious companies. Writer has over 150 customers, including teams at UnitedHealthcare, Uber and Accenture. Last valued at over $500M, Writer makes it easy for enterprises to build internal apps that generate a variety of content from sales enablement to blog posts. 

In this episode, Sandhya Hegde joins Writer’s co-founder and CEO May Habib to discuss the company’s path to product-market fit.

Join us as we discuss:

1: 30 The origin story behind the founding of Writer

5:11 The early product vision for Writer

10:02 The transformation of the enterprise AI buyer

14:49 Security and compliance in AI models

17:27 Writer’s approach to addressing hallucinations 

21:35 Why May and the Writer team had deep conviction in Enterprise AI

24:43 The next big horizon for Gen AI and Writer

27:50 May Habib’s journey as a CEO

29:18 Building a culture of curiosity at Writer

Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at [email protected] and 

May Habib is the CEO and co-founder of Writer, a generative AI platform for the enterprise. Before Writer, she co-founded Qordoba. 

Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.
Further reading from Unusual Ventures:

Build conviction in an early stage startup

Understanding the enterprise buyer

LLMs in security

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