Writer is an enterprise generative and agentic AI platform company, originally focused on content generation before broadening into what it now describes as "agentic AI for the enterprise." It was founded in August 2020 by May Habib and Waseem Alshikh, who built the company's own proprietary large language model family rather than relying solely on third-party models.
Writer closed a $200 million Series C at a $1.9 billion valuation in November 2024, and that figure remained the most recently confirmed valuation as of late 2026, with no newer priced round verified since. The company's proprietary Palmyra model family, now on its X6 generation, underpins its enterprise agentic-AI product line.