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Text.ai

Pre-SeedFunding signal
www.text.ai/ConsumerSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Investor read

Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.

Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:11 PM

TrackEvidence-bound analyst verdict
  • •Funding: Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Mar 2025). Investors: Y Combinator.
  • •Named backers in indexed sources: Y Combinator.

What would change this read

  • →Open roles appearing would signal burn capacity and growth intent.
  • →Product launches or public engineering activity would evidence execution.

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TL;DR

Seed (YC)

Alfi by Text.ai

Funding

Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Mar 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).

Quick read

  • •Alfi by Text.ai
  • •Sector narrative limited in indexed snippets; verify on primary sources (text.ai).

Key signals

Funding

Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Mar 2025). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).

Product / news

Limited product/news coverage in corpus (Low).

Evidence summary

Verified facts

  • •Alfi by Text.ai
  • •Sector narrative limited in indexed snippets; verify on primary sources (text.ai).

Recent movers

  • •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Text.ai | Y Combinator
  • •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Text.ai | Y Combinator
  • •Y Combinator

Suggested next steps

  • ▸Track for a quarter; revisit if funding or hiring accelerates.
  • ▸Add to watchlist for signal alerts.

Funding & hiring signals

fundingConfidence: medium

Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale

Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/ava-expands-its-ai-captioning-to-desktop-and-web-apps-and-raises-4-5m-to-scale/

Affected score: noObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $4.5M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K

In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/26/cemmerce-funding/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $500K
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: low

Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups

Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/anthropic-begins-supplying-its-text-generating-ai-models-to-startups/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026

Weak funding evidence: mention does not include a parsed raise amount/round and may refer to non-funding context.

fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text

OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/onetext-raises-4-5m-from-y-combinator-khosla-to-reinvent-shopping-by-text/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $4.5M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI

Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/28/speechmatics-raises-62m-for-its-inclusive-approach-to-speech-to-text-ai/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $62M
fundingJun 29, 2026Confidence: high

All-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding

All-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/technology/talkspace-series-a/

Affected score: yesObserved: Jun 29, 2026Amount: $9.5M
funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high

Text.ai | Y Combinator

Spring 2025 batch; Alfi group chat with social skills.

Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
raisedpre-seed

Open roles (indexed)

No open roles indexed yet.

Public index
149Activity 83/100Elevated public activity signal
7D+9 (+6.4%)
30D+46 (+44.7%)
Needs Review

The index price and activity score are algorithmic estimates based on observed public company-level signals. They may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and are not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.

Source health

  • public_page:aboutok
    Last checked Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM
  • public_page:homeok
    Last checked Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM
  • githubok
    Last checked Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM
  • fundingok
    Last checked Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM

    discovery:google:google_cse_quota_exhausted

  • public_market_enrichmentok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
  • public_page:_aboutok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM
  • public_page:_ok
    Last checked Mon, May 11, 04:37 AM

Signal timeline

17 dated public signals · newest on the right

Funding
Code
Press
Company
Other
Sep 20, 2020Sep 21, 2023Sep 21, 2026
Funding (7)Code (5)Press (1)Company (2)Other (2)

Signal breakdown

Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.

Public source summary

Total evidence rows
17
Latest evidence
Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM

Source types found

about_pagefundingfunding_articlegithubofficial_siteotherpress

Strongest / recent news-style rows

  • Alfi by Text.ai - Keeping your group chat alive

    About page · Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM · confidence 90%high quality

  • In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K

    hn_algolia · Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · confidence 98%high quality

  • Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups

    techcrunch · Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · confidence 98%high quality

Public signal timeline

Newest first · 17 event(s)

1
Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM · about_page · 90% · publichigh qualityAlfi by Text.ai - Keeping your group chat alive

Source: About page

Finally, a group chat that does stuff. Book restaurants instantly, create wild pics with your crew, and stop being the planner. The group chat is sacred. Alfi keeps it alive.

Source ↗
2
Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM · official_site · 90% · publichigh qualityAlfi by Text.ai - Keeping your group chat alive

Source: Homepage

Finally, a group chat that does stuff. Book restaurants instantly, create wild pics with your crew, and stop being the planner. The group chat is sacred. Alfi keeps it alive.

Source ↗
3
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityIn-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K

Source: hn_algolia

In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/26/cemmerce-funding/

Source ↗
4
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityAnthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups

Source: techcrunch

Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/anthropic-begins-supplying-its-text-generating-ai-models-to-startups/

Source ↗
5
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityOneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text

Source: techcrunch

OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/onetext-raises-4-5m-from-y-combinator-khosla-to-reinvent-shopping-by-text/

Source ↗
6
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualitySpeechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI

Source: techcrunch

Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/28/speechmatics-raises-62m-for-its-inclusive-approach-to-speech-to-text-ai/

Source ↗
7
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publichigh qualityAll-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding

Source: hn_algolia

All-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/technology/talkspace-series-a/

Source ↗
8
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh qualityText.ai | Y Combinator

Spring 2025 batch; Alfi group chat with social skills.

Source ↗
9
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium quality@activepieces/piece-text-ai

Source: npm_registry

This library was generated with [Nx](https://nx.dev).

Source ↗
10
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium qualityrich-text-ai

Source: npm_registry

Umo Editor is open-source document editor based on Vue3 and Tiptap. Umo Editor provides comprehensive document editing capabilities and AI creation features, supports pagination, supports Markdown syn

Source ↗
11
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium qualitydatocms-plugin-alt-text-ai

Source: npm_registry

Generate alt texts for your assets in a single click

Source ↗
12
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium quality@activepieces/piece-alt-text-ai

Source: npm_registry

This library was generated with [Nx](https://nx.dev).

Source ↗
13
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · github · 55% · publicmedium qualitydocument-photo-to-text-ai

Source: npm_registry

A universal document processor that extracts text from various file formats including PDFs, images, documents, and more. Supports multiple AI providers: Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude

Source ↗
14
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · funding · 98% · publicmedium qualityAva expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale

Source: techcrunch

Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/ava-expands-its-ai-captioning-to-desktop-and-web-apps-and-raises-4-5m-to-scale/

Source ↗
15
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · other · 50% · publicmedium qualityTextile manufacturing

Source: wikipedia

Source ↗
16
Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM · other · 50% · publicmedium qualityTextile

Source: wikipedia

Source ↗
17
Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM · press · 85% · verified_publiclow qualityLaunch YC: Alfi

Dedicated group chat product after 10M+ cross-platform messages.

Source ↗

Official / company site

1 row(s)

The company's own site — the authoritative description of what they sell and to whom. Marketing-controlled, so treat claims as positioning rather than verified traction.

official_site·Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Alfi by Text.ai - Keeping your group chat alive

Finally, a group chat that does stuff. Book restaurants instantly, create wild pics with your crew, and stop being the planner. The group chat is sacred. Alfi keeps it alive.

Why it matters: Primary source — the company's own positioning; best read for what they sell and to whom, not for traction claims.

Open source ↗

News

4 row(s)

Third-party press coverage. Independent reporting corroborates company claims; repeated coverage across outlets is a momentum signal.

about_page·Thu, Jul 2, 03:31 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Alfi by Text.ai - Keeping your group chat alive

Finally, a group chat that does stuff. Book restaurants instantly, create wild pics with your crew, and stop being the planner. The group chat is sacred. Alfi keeps it alive.

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗
other·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 50%medium qualitypublic
Textile manufacturing

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗
other·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 50%medium qualitypublic
Textile

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗
press·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 85%low qualityverified_public
Launch YC: Alfi

Dedicated group chat product after 10M+ cross-platform messages.

Why it matters: Independent coverage — third-party corroboration of company claims; recurring coverage indicates rising visibility.

Open source ↗

Funding / news

7 row(s)

Funding announcements and investor-database records. The strongest public signal of capitalization: round, amount, and syndicate quality when disclosed.

funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K

In-Text Commerce Startup Cemmerce Raises Another $500K http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/26/cemmerce-funding/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups

Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/27/anthropic-begins-supplying-its-text-generating-ai-models-to-startups/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text

OneText raises $4.5M from Y Combinator, Khosla to reinvent shopping by text https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/onetext-raises-4-5m-from-y-combinator-khosla-to-reinvent-shopping-by-text/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI

Speechmatics raises $62M for its inclusive approach to speech-to-text AI https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/28/speechmatics-raises-62m-for-its-inclusive-approach-to-speech-to-text-ai/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%high qualitypublic
All-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding

All-You-Can-Text Therapy Startup Talkspace Gets $9.5M Funding http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/technology/talkspace-series-a/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:11 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Text.ai | Y Combinator

Spring 2025 batch; Alfi group chat with social skills.

Why it matters: Funding signal — Pre-Seed per this source; verify against the linked original before relying on it.

Open source ↗
funding·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 98%medium qualitypublic
Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale

Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps, and raises $4.5M to scale https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/ava-expands-its-ai-captioning-to-desktop-and-web-apps-and-raises-4-5m-to-scale/

Why it matters: Funding signal — capitalization evidence; check the linked source for round, amount, and investors.

Open source ↗

GitHub

5 row(s)

Public engineering activity. Sustained commits, releases, and stars indicate real product development and, for dev tools, developer adoption.

github·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
@activepieces/piece-text-ai

This library was generated with [Nx](https://nx.dev).

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
rich-text-ai

Umo Editor is open-source document editor based on Vue3 and Tiptap. Umo Editor provides comprehensive document editing capabilities and AI creation features, supports pagination, supports Markdown syn

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
datocms-plugin-alt-text-ai

Generate alt texts for your assets in a single click

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
@activepieces/piece-alt-text-ai

This library was generated with [Nx](https://nx.dev).

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗
github·Mon, Jun 29, 04:05 AM·Confidence 55%medium qualitypublic
document-photo-to-text-ai

A universal document processor that extracts text from various file formats including PDFs, images, documents, and more. Supports multiple AI providers: Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude

Why it matters: Engineering signal — public repo activity evidences active development and possible developer adoption.

Open source ↗

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