Grammarly is a web application for checking spelling, grammar, and plagiarism that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2009 by Alex Shevchenko, Dmytro Lider, and Max Lytvyn. The company uses artificial intelligence to power their writing assistance software that integrates with emails and messages (Gmail, Outlook, Messenger, and Yahoo), documents and projects (Slack, Google Docs, Jira, and SalesForce), and social media (Medium, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn).
The free version of Grammarly offers grammar, spelling, and conciseness checking. The premium version of Grammarly offers users the features of the free version plus the following features: readability, vocabulary enhancement, genre-specific writing style checks, and plagiarism detection.
On May 8, 2017 Grammarly completed a venture capital found with $110 million in funding from General Catalyst (lead investor), Spark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), and Breyer Capital.
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Aldin Barrett
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Alex Shevchenko
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Alyssa Seidman
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Angela Ritter
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Anton Verinov
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Arsen Kostenko
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Ayan Mandal
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Brad Hoover
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Celeste Mora
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Chris Farmer
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David Rowan
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Elena Tsyvyan
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Ellie Lupo
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Erin Hull, CCWP
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Eugene Chechurin
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Gautam Gupta
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Geoff Donaker
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Hadiyah Daché
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Igor Gromov
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Itamar Goldminz
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Jasper Posner
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Jillian Lurie
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Joel Tetreault
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Josh MacIntyre
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Joshua Reeves
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Grammarly raises $110 million for a better spell check
Katie Roof
Web
May 8, 2017
Grammarly will fix your typos inside Google Docs
Timothy J. Seppala
Web
September 12, 2018
Tutorial: How To Improve Your Writing With Grammarly
The Creative Penn
Web
February 26, 2018
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A graduate of Cleveland State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. My main hobbies include story writing and reading. - 4
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Passionate about disruptive technology, continuous learning, and personal development - 8
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