Thread by @nbashaw

News!

We’ve spun @lexdotpage out of @Every.

I’m now focused on Lex full-time as CEO, and raised a $2.75M seed round, led by @trueventures!

Couldn’t be more excited 🙏 techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/lex…

Since Lex launched last year, a LOT has happened:

- The sentiment around AI shifted from “hot” to “ridiculously hot” to “hey maybe this is a bit over-hyped”

- Google Docs, Word, and most other writing tools built at least some sort of basic AI integration

- Some of Lex’s original features (like typing +++ to have AI generate the next paragraph) became standard “hello world” demos, and were even built into multiple open source projects

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures In this context, it’s not unreasonable to wonder what’s going on at Lex, and why we’d raise a big seed round.

Here’s my perspective: I’ve spent the past year building product and talking to users, and I’m more excited than ever to be working on the future of writing.

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures The truth is, most writers still don’t use AI much, if any, in their workflow.

I believe this is because the right tool doesn’t exist yet—but Lex is getting closer to becoming that tool every day.

For example…

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures This feature totally changed the way I write.

Whenever I’m unsure about something I’m writing, I just leave a comment and @ mention Lex, and I get instant, solid advice.

It’s great for:

- Brainstorming
- Feedback
- Transitions
- Anything, really

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures But really, we’re just getting started. We’ve got a lot more coming soon, everything from table stakes (ahem, track changes) to some pretty wild stuff, like this

https://twitter.com/nbashaw/status/1638670170603548672

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures If you want to try Lex and experience a whole new way of writing, you can sign up today (no waitlist!) at lex.page

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures Also, we’re hiring!!

If you’re a frontend engineer (React) or ML / AI engineer and you want to join at the earliest stage, and have a lot of ownership (both in terms of equity AND product/codebase choices), you can learn more about joining Lex here: lex.page/read/ae4952f3-…

@lexdotpage @every @trueventures I want to thank @danshipper and the whole @Every team for a wonderful three years together. Although I won’t be there full-time anymore, I’ll still write there from time to time, and I’ll always be a fan and reader.

Very excited for the future of Every.

I also want to thank everyone who’s investing in Lex:

- Our fearless lead investor @natashasharma from @trueventures, and the whole crew of amazing people at True who have worked with us, including @brookevannatta, @om, @lvstruck, @madelineminshew, and more

- @julianweisser and @tylerwillis from Other Ventures, who wrote the first check in Lex and supported me through many ups and downs over the past year

- Our amazing angels @calvinfo, @bentossell, @danputt, @jaminben, @subes01, @FletcherChristy, @hnshah, @mlieber @mibrown2005—your support means the world to me

Finally, I’d like to thank @soniabaschez for making this whole thing possible. She has an extremely demanding job of her own, and took on a lot of extra responsibility with our 1-year-old daughter over the past year so I could get Lex off the ground. (Not to mention all the invaluable marketing help I’ve gotten from her!)

I can’t believe how lucky I am, that we’re fully in this together ❤️