Context, a groundbreaking startup, has secured $11 million in seed funding to develop the world’s first AI-native office suite, revolutionizing how productivity tools are conceived and used. This significant investment values the company at $70 million and was spearheaded by Lux Capital, with additional backing from Qualcomm Ventures, General Catalyst, and other notable investors.
Founded in 2024 by Joseph Semrai, a Thiel Fellow and serial AI entrepreneur, Context is built from the ground up to integrate artificial intelligence directly into every facet of its office software. Unlike traditional productivity tools that merely graft AI features onto legacy platforms, Context rethinks the entire user experience, aiming to eliminate the tedious, repetitive tasks that consume billions of hours yearly across industries.
Current office suites have remained largely unchanged since the 1990s, requiring users to manually input data, format documents, and compile presentations—a process fraught with inefficiency and lost productivity. Context’s approach, powered by its proprietary Context Engine, handles enormous data volumes seamlessly, exceeding 50 million tokens without losing context. Users can upload notes, files, or drafts and specify their needs, after which the AI generates nearly complete reports, spreadsheets, or presentations ready for final edits or immediate sharing.
Crucially, Context’s suite operates locally on users’ devices while supporting web, desktop, and mobile platforms, offering enterprises and government agencies enhanced data security and control. The startup’s innovative graph-based context engine and agentic workflows integrate with over 300 tools to automate complex office tasks, directly addressing the staggering 2.6 trillion hours lost annually to monotonous work worldwide.
With over 60,000 users already on the waitlist, Context is poised to launch publicly in June, promising to reshape productivity and collaboration by embedding AI natively within office software — not as an afterthought, but as the foundation.
This fresh capital infusion will fuel engineering efforts and deepen partnerships across the tech, consulting, and government sectors, signaling the dawn of a new era where AI transforms how work gets done, from documents to data management to presentations.
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