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Waseem AlShikh

Founder

Waseem AlShikh is listed as a founder of Writer on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

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Quick Facts

  • Role Founder
  • Company Writer
  • Country United States
  • Industry AI in Enterprise Software
  • Founded 2020
  • Known For Writer represents a distinct strategy within enterprise generative AI: building and owning its own language models…
  • Last Reviewed Aug 2026

Executive Summary

Waseem AlShikh is listed as a founder of Writer on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

Career Timeline

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  1. 2020 Company founded

    Writer was founded in 2020 per the company profile source on file.

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  2. 2024 Funding

    Raised a $200 million Series C round in November 2024 at a $1.9 billion valuation, co-led by Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth.

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  3. Product

    Released domain-specific Palmyra-Fin and Palmyra-Med models for financial services and healthcare use cases.

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  4. Development

    Received continued investment from strategic backers including Salesforce Ventures, Citi Ventures, and IBM Ventures, reflecting enterprise interest in owned language-model stacks.

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  5. Development

    Continued expanding its agentic AI tooling on top of the Palmyra model family.

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Waseem AlShikh is listed as a founder of Writer on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.

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