Poly, a San Francisco, CA-based web-first generative AI company for design assets, raised $4M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Felicis, Bloomberg Beta, and NextView Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, Figma Ventures, and AI Grant, and other strategic angels.
The company intends to use the funds to train vertically fine-tuned generative AI models and hire talent in the design and AI space.
Founded by Stanford design and AI alumni Abhay Agarwal and Sam Young, Poly is building Generative AI tools for designers to create customizable, and HD design assets (textures, illustrations, icons, sound effects, etc.). Poly has attracted thousands of active users and hundreds of paying subscribers to its platform, with over 2 million user-generated textures. Current customers range from professionals at fortune 500 companies to individual freelancers in game design, AR/VR, interior design, architecture, and 3D rendering for e-commerce, marketing, and many more.
Poly was founded in 2022 and participated in Y Combinator’s S22 cohort.
FinSMEs
05/01/2023