Chronicle AI Presentations has launched publicly after accumulating a waitlist of over 100,000 users, including 10,000 businesses, following months of stealth development. The AI-powered presentation platform, co-founded by Mayuresh Patole and Tejas Gawande, aims to transform how people create and deliver presentations by replacing traditional slide formats with interactive, web-like experiences that prioritize visual storytelling and design quality.
What you should know: Chronicle fundamentally reimagines presentation creation by abandoning the traditional slide format in favor of a scrollable, interactive canvas powered by AI assistance.
- Users can start with a blank canvas or generate drafts by uploading PDFs, pasting text, or sharing links, with Chronicle’s AI analyzing input and suggesting outlines.
- The platform uses modular “widgets” for text, images, charts, and embedded media that are pre-engineered for design and motion.
- Features like Peek and Deep Hover allow presenters to zoom in, highlight, or isolate content to guide audience attention during presentations.
- The final output resembles a website more than a traditional deck, with content that scrolls vertically rather than advancing through slides.
The big picture: Chronicle enters a crowded market dominated by PowerPoint and Canva, but differentiates itself by focusing on preventing bad presentations rather than just speeding up creation.
- Direct competitors include Gamma, which claims 50 million users and $50 million in annual recurring revenue, along with Beautiful.ai, Prezi, Tome, Slidebean, Pitch, Decktopus, and Visme.
- The company’s approach reflects modern audience expectations shaped by social media consumption patterns that favor visual, scannable, high-impact information.
Why this matters: The organic growth to 100,000 users without marketing suggests significant demand for presentation tools that prioritize design quality and user experience over speed alone.
- “We saw interest explode with zero marketing. It was all word-of-mouth from people who created something amazing with Chronicle and showed their teams,” Patole notes.
- “This response has been humbling, and it tells us how desperate people are for a better way to communicate ideas.”
What they’re saying: The founders emphasize that Chronicle addresses fundamental design challenges rather than just efficiency concerns.
- “Chronicle is quite different from PowerPoint in that the output is not slides at all. It is a completely different format,” Patole said. “You can create a really impactful and stunning presentation in minutes instead of hours. We also ensure that you cannot create a bad presentation on Chronicle.”
- “Modern audiences are trained by social media to expect information that’s visual, scannable, and high-impact,” Gawande explained.
- “The problem is that it’s extremely hard to make great presentations but at the same time it’s extremely easy to make bad ones.”
Financial backing: Chronicle raised $7.5 million in 2023 from Accel and Square Peg, venture capital firms, plus angel investors from major tech companies including Apple, Google, Meta, Slack, Stripe, and Adobe.
- The company plans to implement a freemium SaaS model with free access for individuals and paid plans for teams and enterprises.
- Current focus remains on product development and expanding beta access rather than aggressive monetization.
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