Beautiful.ai, a San Francisco, CA–based AI-powered presentation software designed to automate the design process, has secured a $45 million investment.
Investors
The investment was led by General Catalyst, a global investment and transformation company that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI. The firm works with founders from Seed through growth stages to build enduring companies. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with major hubs in San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin, and Bangalore, the firm manages over $40 billion in assets and has backed more than 1,000 businesses globally.
Beautiful.ai Use of Funds
The company will use the funds to drive global expansion, enhance go-to-market efforts, and develop new offerings for small and mid-sized businesses.
About Beautiful.ai
Led by CEO Jason Lapp, Beautiful.ai is an AI-powered presentation platform that enables users to create professional, visually compelling slides through an intuitive, automated workflow. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to transform prompts, outlines, and documents into structured, polished presentations. By combining smart templates, automation, and AI-assisted workflows, Beautiful.ai empowers anyone, from small businesses to global enterprises, to communicate ideas clearly and visually. Beautiful.ai now serves more than 100,000 business customers, including organizations such as Cvent, Jostens, Meltwater, and Rakuten.
Funding Details
Company: Beautiful Slides, Inc.
Raised: $45.0M
Round: Investment (Growth Funding)
Funding Date: March 2026
Lead Investor: General Catalyst
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Company Website: https://www.beautiful.ai/
Software Category: AI Presentation / Productivity Software
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