Prezent raises $20M to build AI for slide decks

Prezent, a startup empowering customers to build slide decks using generative AI, has raised $20 million as it further develops and refines its AI models for different use cases and expands into new markets. AI has many different applications — one of which is generating decks for business presentations, as it turns out. Off-the-shelf models tend to be not very good at this because they don’t understand industry-specific language and jargon. That’s where Prezent’s technology comes in. Los Altos-based Prezent, which has a subsidiary in Bengaluru, was founded in 2021 by Rajat Mishra, who previously worked at companies including Cisco and McKinsey. Mishra says he struggled to overcome stuttering and speech impediments at a young age, which drove his interest in communication tech. “The idea [for Prezent] was, wouldn’t it be cool if we could build an AI platform that democratizes business communication and makes everyone a great business communicator?” Mishra told TechCrunch in an inter ... Read full article.