Beautiful.ai, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of AI-powered presentation software, has raised $45 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst.
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The company plans to use the funds to accelerate global expansion, expand its go-to-market efforts, and introduce new offerings for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).
Beautiful.ai has launched a new context-aware AI workflow that helps professionals go from first prompt to finished presentation in minutes. Its PowerPoint competitor uses a smart, fast, and flexible conversational interface that responds to prompts, outlines, and documents, making slide creation easier and more intuitive.
The company is also expanding globally by localizing its platform into 15 languages, releasing a new API and a ChatGPT app and improving the mobile experience. Adoption is growing quickly, with professionals in 193 countries creating over 100 million slides. Beautiful.ai’s mobile- and tablet-friendly tools make it simple to design high-quality presentations anytime, anywhere.
Beautiful.ai’s new experience gives its 100,000+ business customers more control to craft their story, organize content, and adjust visuals in a single, seamless workflow—without starting over or switching tools. Users can start with a text prompt, outline, or document, and the AI quickly creates a structured draft deck. From there, a chat-style interface lets teams refine slides, explore layouts, update text, and move efficiently toward a polished, presentation-ready result.
These AI upgrades lead to clear productivity gains. Beautiful.ai users report saving a median of 3 hours per week, with senior leaders saving up to 4 hours and frequent creators saving about 2 hours per presentation—equating to roughly $20,000 in annual productivity value per user.
Rakuten is one of over 100,000 customers using Beautiful.ai, alongside companies like Cvent, Jostens, Meltwater, Mobsta, Paciolan, Playa Hotels & Resorts, and Visit Indy.
“We spent years studying how users create presentations across millions of decks,” said Jason Lapp, CEO of Beautiful.ai. “Now, we’re introducing AI that delivers exactly what you ask for and acts as an assistant to help you quickly produce polished presentations. Our product fits naturally into everyday workflows and helps professionals create impactful presentations faster.”
“At Rakuten, speed and consistency are key across the globe,” said Amit Patel, CEO and President of Rakuten International. “Beautiful.ai lets us turn ideas or documents into polished, on-brand presentations much faster. We save hours each week while making sure every deck reflects Rakuten’s style, no matter who creates it or where they are.”
Looking ahead, Beautiful.ai plans to expand automation in creating presentations while keeping users in control and preserving brand and design quality. As AI becomes an increasingly important part of daily work, the company expects growth and innovation in this area over the next 18 months.
About Beautiful.ai
Founded in 2016 by Mitch Grasso, Beautiful.ai is an AI-powered presentation software that helps teams create professional, on-brand slides in minutes. Using smart templates, automation, and AI-assisted workflows, it enables everyone—from small businesses to large enterprises—to share ideas clearly and visually.
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