> be Grant Lee
> born in NYC, raised in SF
> crack engineering at Stanford
> grind in investment banking
> join Optimizely as interim CFO
> scale the company; get acquired
> experience the pain of PowerPoint users
2018
> join ClearBrain as COO
> more last-minute decks, more pain
> scale again; get acquired
> realize: presentations are broken
2020
> moved to London with family
> second child born
> decide to start a company to fix the tedious PowerPoint problem he had faced for years
> move back to SF, start Gamma
> turn a 2-bedroom apartment into HQ
October 2021
> raise $7M seed led by Accel
> hire the best people in the world
> launch Gamma on Product Hunt
> rank #1 on leaderboard
> acquire tens of thousands of users
> still hungry
Late 2022
> ChatGPT drops
> realize: AI changes everything
> rebuild entire product in weeks
> make AI the entry point, not an add-on
March 2023
> launch AI-powered @GammaApp
> SVB crisis hits, entire industry struggles
> almost can't make payroll
> launch anyway
> growth explodes
> 3 million+ users in three months
May 2024
> raise $12M Series A
> reach 20 million users
> rank #16 AI app globally
> Forbes: "Next Billion-Dollar Startup"
> keep building
> ignore VC pressure
> stay capital efficient
Early 2024
> become profitable with $50M ARR
> 50 million+ users
> more cash in the bank than raised
> zero employee attrition
October 2025
> expand beyond presentations
> turn Gamma into a full creative platform
> slide decks, content, documents, sites
> 700K+ new presentations created daily
> 250 million total "gammas" created
> 100K+ paying customers
> still profitable, still lean
Grant Lee, for you ladies and gentlemen.
From a 2-bedroom apartment to 50M+ users
Lee proved that a small, obsessed team armed with AI is enough to outbuild giants.
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