Most AI startups in 2025 are chasing scale the same way: raise hundreds of millions, hire aggressively, and hope the product catches up. Gamma went the opposite route and now has something most of its peers don’t: revenue, users, and profits.
The San Francisco-based startup builds an AI-powered tool for making slide presentations. That may not sound flashy in an era of AI agents and humanoid robots. But the numbers speak louder than hype: over 17 million users, 250 million gammas created, and $50 million in annual recurring revenue. Gamma is profitable, growing, and operating with a team of just 30 people.
“I want to convey to the market that small teams can do amazing things,” says CEO and co-founder Grant Lee.
Founded in 2020 by Lee and two colleagues from Optimizely, Gamm
Gamma CEO Wants the Market to Know Small Teams Can Do Amazing Things
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Our goal was, how does AI become a design partner that’s almost like an expert sitting next to you, modifying the content based on your direction.
