Forerunner led the Series A as the startup builds a network of digital expert profiles that answer questions and participate in group discussions.
SuperMe has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Kirsten Green at Forerunner, with participation from Greylock Partners.
Founded in 2024 by Casey Winters and Ludo Antonov, the company is building a network where users can ask questions to AI profiles based on the work and experience of real operators.
The product differs from a general-purpose chatbot because it tries to connect a specific problem with relevant professional perspectives. A founder preparing a pitch could consult profiles reflecting the experience of investors, while a product manager might ask operators who have scaled consumer technology businesses.
AI Profiles Instead of More Networking Calls
SuperMe constructs profiles from public materials and information experts choose to share. Users can engage individual profiles or bring several into the same discussion to compare approaches.
The company has added group chats and connections to existing AI tools through the Model Context Protocol, allowing people to bring those expert perspectives into applications where they already work.
Winters previously held leadership roles at Pinterest and Eventbrite, while Antonov has engineering experience at businesses including Pinterest, Lyft and Whatnot.
The startup hopes to create a new form of knowledge distribution: expertise that can be consulted repeatedly without requiring the expert to schedule another call.
Incentives and Trust Will Matter
SuperMe told TechCrunch it is currently free and expects to introduce usage limits and paid access. It is also evaluating how to encourage more experts to contribute their knowledge.
The challenge is balancing distribution with accuracy and consent. AI-generated responses may sound like an expert without faithfully reflecting that person's views. Public-source aggregation and connected private documents also create privacy and intellectual property questions.
The company says it takes steps to prevent private or sensitive material from appearing in answers. Independent assessments of those protections and the overall accuracy of profiles were not publicly disclosed.
SuperMe is betting that the most useful professional AI product may not be a single all-knowing assistant, but a network of differentiated perspectives. The $20 million round will help test whether that network creates durable value for both its users and the experts behind the profiles.
Sources: SuperMe · TechCrunch