Lately
Lately is a content creation AI assistant that helps businesses and agencies generate high-performing social media content. Its AI, Kately™, can take over the entire organic social media planning, creation, execution, and management process, delivering significant ROI. Lately's technology repurposes existing longform content (text, audio, video) into multiple social media posts, optimized for specific platforms and target audiences. It also facilitates employee advocacy by enabling employees to share company messaging in their own voice. The platform serves a wide range of industries, from global enterprises to small businesses, and claims to outperform competitors like ChatGPT.
Lately
Lately is a content creation AI assistant that helps businesses and agencies generate high-performing social media content. Its AI, Kately™, can take over the entire organic social media planning, creation, execution, and management process, delivering significant ROI. Lately's technology repurposes existing longform content (text, audio, video) into multiple social media posts, optimized for specific platforms and target audiences. It also facilitates employee advocacy by enabling employees to share company messaging in their own voice. The platform serves a wide range of industries, from global enterprises to small businesses, and claims to outperform competitors like ChatGPT.
TL;DR
What they do: AI platform that repurposes longform content into pre-tested social media posts
Founder / CEO: Kate Bradley Chernis
Team size: 21 employees
Funding (total): 3,390,000 USD
Latest known funding date: 2023-10-01
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Social media content creation and repurposing for marketing and social selling
Industry
Marketing technology / AI-driven content
Funding Track Record
950000
Reported Series Seed round closed Aug 26, 2016
500000
Reported seed extension closed June 6, 2017 with participation from angels including Joanne Wilson
750000
Reported Series Seed II round closed Mar 20, 2018
Latest funding event date reported as Oct 1, 2023
Investor Signal
“Angel investors, accelerators and later institutional backers (includes Joanne Wilson and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York)”