> be Grant Lee > born in NYC, raised in SF > crack engineering at Stanford > grind in investment banking > join Optimizely as interim CFO > scale the company; get acquired > experience the pain of PowerPoint users 2018 > join ClearBrain as COO > more last-minute decks, more pain > scale again; get acquired > realize: presentations are broken 2020 > moved to London with family > second child born > decide to start a company to fix the tedious PowerPoint problem he had faced for years > move back to SF, start Gamma > turn a 2-bedroom apartment into HQ October 2021 > raise $7M seed led by Accel > hire the best people in the world > launch Gamma on Product Hunt > rank #1 on leaderboard > acquire tens of thousands of users > still hungry Late 2022 > ChatGPT drops > realize: AI changes everything > rebuild entire product in weeks > make AI the entry point, not an add-on March 2023 > launch AI-powered @GammaApp > SVB crisis hits, entire industry struggles > almost can't make payroll > launch anyway > growth explodes > 3 million+ users in three months May 2024 > raise $12M Series A > reach 20 million users > rank #16 AI app globally > Forbes: "Next Billion-Dollar Startup" > keep building > ignore VC pressure > stay capital efficient Early 2024 > become profitable with $50M ARR > 50 million+ users > more cash in the bank than raised > zero employee attrition October 2025 > expand beyond presentations > turn Gamma into a full creative platform > slide decks, content, documents, sites > 700K+ new presentations created daily > 250 million total "gammas" created > 100K+ paying customers > still profitable, still lean Grant Lee, for you ladies and gentlemen. From a 2-bedroom apartment to 50M+ users Lee proved that a small, obsessed team armed with AI is enough to outbuild giants.