Willow Raises $4.2 Million From BoxGroup And Other Investors For Voice-First Interfaces

Willow (YC X25), co-founded by CEO Allan Guo and CTO Lawrence Liu, has raised $4.2 million led by BoxGroup to expand its voice-first interfaces that help knowledge workers ditch keyboards and work 5x faster. After dropping out of Stanford and pivoting through multiple ideas—including a failed healthcare startup—Cahn and Liu discovered the power of voice scribes for doctors and are now bringing that transformative productivity boost to companies like Canva, GitHub, and Webflow. INVESTORS: BoxGroup, Goodwater Capital, Burst Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Max Mullen, Kaz Nejatian, Dharmesh Shah, Tomer London, Geoff Donaker, Ankur Nagpal, Steven Zhou, Daniel Reid Cahn, John Andrew Entwistle, Mercedes Bent, JJ Fliegelman, Adam Guild, Cory Levy & Nicolas Dessaigne AMOUNT: $4,200,000 HQ: #SanFrancisco #California #VentureCapital #WillowYCX25 #AllanGuo #LawrenceLiu #BoxGroup #GoodwaterCapital #BurstCapital #Liquid2Ventures #MaxMullen #KazNejatian #DharmeshShah #TomerLondon #GeoffDonaker #AnkurNagpal #StevenZhou #DanielReidCahn #JohnAndrewEntwistle #MercedesBent #JJFliegelman #AdamGuild #CoryLevy #NicolasDessaigne #TradedVC