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How Begin AI Raised $1M Pre-Seed on a $10M Valuation Before Launch (Interview with CEO Rima Alshik)

Rima Alshik (CEO and Sole Founder of Begin AI) spoke to Nathan Latka on April 13, 2022.

Begin AI figures from the interview

Pre-Seed Raise (December 2021)
$1M
Pre-Money Valuation (2021)
$10M
Team Size (2022)
10 (6 full-time)
Test Users in Last Run (April 2022)
1,500,000
Test Interactions in Last Run (April 2022)
200,000,000
“Begin? No. Begin is a platform from the get go. So we're still prelaunch. At the moment. We're still testing with a select customer group.”
“We're testing with a 10 small like groups, like a group of customers just to test the platform viability and feasibility before we go GA. Yeah.”
“We're about 10 between part time and full time. Six is core team full time.”

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Company

Begin AI

Halifax, Canada · Founded 2020

Revenue
$440K
Funding
$1M
Team size
4

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