The Librarian, a Seattle-and-Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Golden Gate Ventures.
The Librarian said in a statement on Thursday that the round was joined by other angel investors including Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp’s Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, one of the ‘Paypal Mafia’; and Twenty Five Ventures.
The funding will be used to expand integrations, strengthen its GPT-based architecture, and grow its team across engineering, product development and market growth to keep pace with surging demand.
“We built The Librarian to feel like you’re texting a real person. All you need to do is to text ‘Hello’ to get started with The Librarian – no dashboards and no complicated set-up,
“Siri and Alexa never moved beyond parlour tricks because they were trapped in their own ecosystems. Professionals don’t want novelty, they want results. The Librarian executes – and that’s why adoption is exploding,” said Neil Kumar, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer.
Claiming top spot on AI tech community platforms, including Product Hunt, The Librarian has attracted 25,000 active users across the United States, Europe, and Singapore.
“Busy professionals don’t have time for set-up, integrations, or dashboards. That’s why The Librarian works the moment you connect your Google account,
“It takes instructions in the same way you’d talk to your assistant – by chat or voice – and then goes off to make it happen. That immediacy is why users from small business owners, and real estate and insurance agents tell us they can’t live without it,” said Tiago Alves, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Librarian.
He previously scaled consumer platforms from 10 million to over 100 million users.
“In a sea of AI experiments, The Librarian is one of the very few launches that fundamentally changes how humans work with technology,” said Vinnie Lauria, Founding Partner at Golden Gate Ventures.
“Most AI apps stop at retrieving information. The Librarian actually executes – across platforms, on mobile, in chat -exactly the way humans operate,
“Neil and Tiago are pedigree founders who have built at scale before, and we believe they’re on the cusp of creating a new global category,” he added.
According to the statement, the backing of The Librarian signals to the international investment community that The Librarian goes beyond an AI productivity app and is a platform with the potential to reshape how professionals worldwide manage their daily work.