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Tome

Category: Foundation Models / LLMs

An AI-powered communication and storytelling platform. Initially a presentation generator, Tome has pivoted to focus on enterprise sales teams, offering tools that create customized, data-driven narratives and business cases by integrating with CRM data and analyzing public company information. Tome was founded in 2020. The company is led by Keith Peiris. Based in San Francisco Bay Area, California. Team size: ~47 (after April 2024 restructuring). Total funding raised: ~$293M total (all rounds). Latest round: Series C ($213M, 2025 at $1.3B valuation). Key investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue Management, Greylock Partners, Nat Friedman (former CEO of GitHub), Adam D’Angelo (CEO of Quora), Reid Hoffman (Co-founder of LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO of Google).

Founded
2020
Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Team size
~47 (after April 2024 restructuring)
Total funding
~$293M total (all rounds)

Value proposition

For enterprise sales teams, Tome automates the creation of tailored, persuasive, and data-driven presentations, significantly reducing research and preparation time while improving the quality and relevance of sales pitches.

Products and solutions

AI-powered presentation and document generator, Real-time collaborative editing, Embeddable live content blocks, Company intelligence tools (e.g., SEC filing analysis), Salesforce data integration, Note: 'Tome Slides' is being sunset on April 30, 2025

Unique value

Tome transforms prompts into complete, intelligent narratives. Its uniqueness is evolving from a general-purpose storyteller to a specialized tool that understands a company's products and a customer's needs to automatically generate a tailored business case, significantly accelerating the sales cycle.

Target customer

Primary focus is now on Enterprise sales and go-to-market teams. It also continues to serve a broad base of professionals, marketers, educators, and individual creators.

Industries served

Technology/Software, Enterprise Software/SaaS, Sales, Marketing Agencies, Education

Technology advantage

A proprietary workflow combining LLMs with a design engine. Its key advantage is a new focus on building custom AI models that scrape and analyze public data (e.g., SEC filings) and integrate with enterprise systems like Salesforce to create tailored, persuasive content for sales teams.

How they differentiate

Tome's primary differentiator is its strategic pivot from a general presentation tool to an intelligent assistant for sales teams. It automatically generates context-aware, data-driven narratives by integrating with enterprise data sources (like Salesforce) and analyzing public company data (like SEC filings), moving beyond simple prompt-to-deck creation to building tailored business cases.

Main competitors

Beautiful.ai, Gamma.app, Canva, Microsoft Copilot, Google Workspace (with Duet AI)

Key partnerships

OpenAI (for underlying model infrastructure), Notion (Integration), Figma (Integration), Salesforce (Integration)

Notable customers

Stripe, Notion, Snap Inc., Meta, Samsung

Major milestones

Achieved viral adoption after public launch in late 2022, Closed a $43M Series B round in February 2023, Surpassed 25 million users by early 2024, Pivoted to focus on enterprise and go-to-market teams (April 2024), Announced sunsetting of 'Tome Slides' product to focus on new enterprise direction (April 2024)

Growth metrics

Grew virally after its 2022 launch, becoming one of the fastest productivity tools to reach 1 million users. It surpassed 25 million users by early 2024.

Market positioning

Positioned as an AI-native tool for enterprise sales and go-to-market teams, aiming to automate the creation of customized and data-driven sales collateral.

Geographic focus

Global, with a strong focus on the US technology and enterprise software market.

Patents and IP

No public patents listed.

About Keith Peiris

Co-Founder and CEO, Tome (2020–present) Entrepreneur In Residence, Greylock (2020) Head of Product, Citizen (2019) Head of Product, Glossier, Inc. (2018) Messaging & Camera AR Product Lead, Instagram (2011–2016) Manager of Product Management, Facebook (2007–2011)

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