Dazzle AI, a technology company founded by entrepreneur and executive Marissa Mayer, announced $8 million in seed funding at a $35 million post-money valuation. The round was led by Kirsten Green of Forerunner with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Greycroft, Offline Ventures, Slow Ventures, Bling Capital, Amino Capital, and the Acquired Wisdom Fund.
Dazzle AI focuses on making technology more intuitive and genuinely useful in everyday life, developing AI tools that simplify tasks, enhance productivity, and make interactions with technology smarter and more approachable. The company leverages Mayer’s experience at Google and Yahoo to bridge the gap between what people want to achieve and what AI can deliver.
“Throughout my career, I’ve loved making complex technology more intuitive,” said Marissa Mayer, Founder and CEO of Dazzle AI. “With Dazzle, our goal is to make AI feel simple, helping people get more done and delighting them along the way. Now that foundational models have reached a level of consistent excellence, they’ve become a reliable infrastructure. The new frontier is applications — leveraging that power to create real, tangible value. I’m thrilled to be building something new alongside an incredible group of investors and partners.”
“The builders of tomorrow’s winning platforms are not thinking in terms of incremental improvements or previous playbooks – they are thinking in entirely new ecosystems, with the courage to imagine paradigms that do not yet exist. As a leader, Marissa embodies the ambition and bravery that’s essential to taking this kind of big swing,” said Kirsten Green, Founding Partner at Forerunner. “We have barely scratched the surface of having AI integrated into daily routines in a way that feels human, enriching, and transformatively useful.”