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Raspberry AI

Raspberry AI

Series A11–50 employees (self-reported)New York, NYFounded 2022
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Overview

an agentic platform that connects the entire fashion product lifecycle in one continuous workflow

Jobs
10
tracked roles
Product story
2022
Founded 2022, New York
Total raised
$28.5M
across a $4.5M seed and a $24M Series A
Team
11–50
employees (self-reported, LinkedIn, as of 16 September 2026).
Why we invested

Horizontal image models make stunning pictures and useless tech packs. We argued the win in fashion design goes to whoever owns the domain detail — the terminology, the CAD files, the retail-ready output — not whoever has the best general model. We led the $24M Series A in January 2025.

The memo's phrase was that gen AI could be fashion's great equalizer: raw data to design concepts in minutes, for luxury and mass market alike. What made Raspberry the vehicle for it was that the company builds its own models and fine-tuned ControlNets rather than wrapping someone else's — so what comes out the other end is a 2D technical drawing and a CAD file, not just an image.

→ Investing in Raspberry AI→ Zach Cohen, then a partner on a16z’s consumer team, on why→ The announcement thread
Our first check
$24M Series A
January 2025 — a16z led
Valuation
Not disclosed
neither round disclosed terms
Rounds joined
1 of 2
disclosed rounds

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Growth Marketer

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AI Designer

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Strategic Customer Success Manager

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Product story

2022
Founded in New York

PE analyst at KKR covering retail → Product/ML leadership at Amazon AWS, DoorDash, Catawiki → founded Raspberry after DALL·E and Stable Diffusion shipped in late 2022.

Cheryl Liu100 Women in AI ↗Raspberry AI raises $24M from a16z to accelerate fashion designTechCrunch ↗

Funding rounds

Date
Round
Raised
Valuation
Lead / investors
13 Jan 2025
Series A
Raised $24M
Valuation
a16z — led · Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, MVP Ventures; angels Gokul Rajaram, Ken Pilot.
3 Mar 2024
Seed
Raised $4.5M
Valuation
Greycroft, Khosla Ventures, MVP Ventures, Correlation Ventures, plus angels Marigay McKee, William F. Detwiler, Michael Mente, Yael Aflalo, Michael Broukhim, Daniel Broukhim.

Team

Cheryl LiuCheryl LiuFounder & CEOprivate equity analyst at KKR covering retail; Product and Machine Learning leadership at Amazon AWS, DoorDash, Catawiki. Columbia; MBA Stanford.LinkedIn ↗Chris RyndersChris Ryndersleads go-to-market16 years of Success in B2B SaaS Enterprise Sales, Operations, and Strategy.LinkedIn ↗
Culture

Raspberry AI, in their own words

Raspberry AI team on a concrete pavilion, tall evergreens, golden hour.
Grow Without Fear

Employees are called "Berries"

As Raspberry continues to grow, each Berry will be given the opportunity to grow alongside the company and push beyond their comfort zones. We choose growth over comfort, and learn from our mistakes.

Raspberry AI careers, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
Two people in front of a denim clothing exhibit
Don't Wait

A company value lifted from Nike — and the CEO says so out loud

Nike has Just Do It. Our version is similar — don't wait or ask. Just do. We want to be nimble and move fast, and in order to do that you can't wait on blockers. You are trusted to make decisions swiftly with reason and data.

Raspberry AI careers, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
Raspberry AI team members in a room hung with framed artwork
Company statement

Fashion can't "move fast and break things."

A wrong decision doesn't ship a bug. It ships inventory, margin loss, and brand risk. The AI advantage in fashion isn't speed. It's speed to clarity.

@raspberry__ai on X, 18 Aug 2026 ↗
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How we work

AI first, across the whole company

AI first: We use AI across the entire company — from product to growth to operations — to move faster and produce higher-quality work.

Raspberry AI Ashby reqs, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
Raspberry AI team at dusk under a lit pavilion, string lights, forest behind.
Annual company offsite

The whole team gets together once a year

Annual company offsite that brings the whole team together

Raspberry AI careers and Ashby reqs, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
Raspberry AI team sharing a meal at a long outdoor table on a sunny hillside
Remote-first

Remote-first, with a New York office when you want it

Flexible working options: New York office available for hybrid work; Remote first culture.

Raspberry AI Ashby reqs, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
Raspberry AI team gathered outdoors under a blue canopy
Pay transparency

Salary bands published on the job posts

Strategic Account Executive, OTE $250,000–$350,000. Strategic Customer Success Manager, $160,000–$170,000 plus 25% variable. Product Marketing Manager, $150,000–$190,000. Growth Marketer, $140,000–$180,000. GTM Associate, $90,000–$110,000.

Raspberry AI Ashby board, read 16 Sep 2026 ↗
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Founder origin story — immigrated at five, built for independence

Cheryl Liu didn't start Raspberry AI just to build a company. She was building the freedom to own her life. After immigrating to the U.S. at five and growing up with little financial stability, Cheryl developed a deep need for independence.

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff · show description, 10 Sep 2026 ↗
Raspberry AI team members together at an evening company event
Founder

Why she started the company when she did

For the first time in history, you could rapidly create hundreds of designs in a way that you could never do before.

Cheryl Liu
Founder & CEO

TechCrunch, 13 Jan 2025 ↗
Domain depth

Why a general image model isn't enough

There's a lot of terminology behind that sweater that a Midjourney does not know.

Cheryl Liu
Founder & CEO

TechCrunch, 13 Jan 2025 ↗
Cultural principlesCustomer Obsession · Lowest Level of Detail · Be an Owner · 1% Better Every Day · Grow Without Fear · Bias to Solution · Truth Seeker · Don't Wait