AI writing startup co-founded by DeepMind creative lead raises $13M seed investment

A London-based startup behind an AI writing product aspiring to be an antidote to AI slop, co-founded by an ex-DeepMind creative lead, has emerged from stealth with a $13m seed funding round. Called Marker , the funding round was led by Index Ventures with participation from LocalGlobe. Angel investors include Steve Newman, the co-founder of Writely, acquired by Google which became Google Docs, Cal Henderson, CTO and co-founder of Slack, and HuggingFace’s Thomas Wolf.