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Napkin AI

Visual AI tool that turns written text into diagrams, sketches, and visuals for presentations, docs, and blog posts.

Napkin AI was founded in 2021 by Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler, who previously built the AI gaming company Osmo together. The company is based in Palo Alto, California. Napkin's product converts typed text into visual diagrams, illustrations, and sketches automatically, aimed at helping business users turn documents, presentations, and blog posts into more engaging visual content without design skills. The company emerged from stealth in 2024 with $10M in seed funding from Accel and CRV; some sources report total funding closer to $19.5M across additional undisclosed rounds.

Founded

2021

Headquarters

Palo Alto, United States

Sector

applications