Context, a company developing an artificial intelligence-based office suite, has secured eleven million dollars in a seed investment round. Lux Capital led the funding effort, while both Qualcomm Ventures and General Catalyst also joined, pushing Context’s valuation to seventy million dollars.
The founder, Joseph Semrai, is a Thiel Fellow who began building Context in 2024 after recognizing that current digital productivity tools do not truly harness modern artificial intelligence models. Semrai believes most office suites rely on separate programs which were created before these new advances, missing an opportunity for fully integrated experiences that use artificial intelligence to its fullest.
He explained that unlike standard software stacks, Context aims to allow artificial intelligence models to process broad information at once and use several applications simultaneously for better results. In an era when productivity platforms are adopting chat-driven features, Context is also chat-focused but dedicated to creating more robust workflows for knowledge workers.
AI Office Competition Intensifies
Semrai likens Context’s approach to platforms like Cursor, which programmers have embraced, but instead tailored for document and data tasks. Larger firms including Google and Microsoft have already embedded artificial intelligence in their office products, and other players like Canva and Notion are moving fast to incorporate smart features and enterprise research tools.
Despite these trends, Semrai argues that integration with other apps and information retrieval are increasingly common, and the challenge today is creating software that actually helps people analyze and make sense of all the data they access. Context’s core strength, he claims, is enabling users to reason through complex information and assist in making informed decisions.
Users encounter a clean interface with a chat box where they can request research from their own files, connected apps, or the web. The artificial intelligence delivers summaries and findings, and can then compile what it finds directly into documents, presentations, or spreadsheets, all while continuing the interactive workflow.
Additionally, Context features a Python interpreter, enabling coding and technical data tasks inside the platform itself. Its goal is not to outright replace legacy suites like Microsoft 365, but to carve out a space among users who need nuanced analysis or the ability to draft documents with offline artificial intelligence features — something Semrai notes few existing tools can offer.
A desktop version of Context is in development that will let people tap into artificial intelligence analysis and content building even when they are not online. People interested in trying Context get fifty free credits, a single workspace, and space for a team of up to ten at no cost or can pay twenty dollars per month for more usage and expanded workspace capacity.
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