Building technology to help service businesses run themselves

New York, USA
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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125,000 businesses use our product to build their brands... so our design choices impact our customers' choices. No pressure on our creative team 🤓 @Assafslv on evolving @trygenius_ai ⬇️
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀. Last week we introduced @trygenius_ai, our new platform. I joined GlossGenius because the ambition was obvious and design has an unusually large role to play here. Our customers are practitioners who have real taste, skill and judgement in their craft. Because we power their brands, the design choices we make shape the design choices they make. It’s meta but explains how much impact design has here: design actually compounds through our 100K+ customers. But updating design and the brand across a scaled customer base that is continually evolving is hard. We started this work with the incredible team at PORTO ROCHA ( 👋@leoportooo, Natalee Ranii-Dropcho) , who were true partners in helping define our emerging brand. It was clear early on that the brand needed to evolve alongside the business: our customers were getting bigger, new verticals were emerging, we were building agentic products, all while supporting 100,000K+ businesses every day. 𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 👇 𝟭. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆. Break your brand work into phases. If everything has to land at once, you don't have a plan—you have a bet. Updating design is more like a migration than a big reveal. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘵. We rolled brand assets out months before launch, starting with the channels that had the fewest dependencies and working toward the product. 𝟮. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘆. Everything is moving too fast for static brands. Build a system that evolves, not a visual style frozen in time. 𝟯. 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲. We use AI. A lot. But AI is tuned to a common baseline. It will deliver comfort before originality. Let it accelerate execution—not replace your creative thinking. 𝟰. 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹. Listen to feedback. Don't outsource your conviction. @leahcs had a saying: "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬." ------ Our mission never changed: put the people giving service at the center. Our product not only has to deliver on that but our brand does too. Thank you @DCohenShohet @Leahcs for taking me along the ride, Jessica Destoppeleire for the creative excellence and our outstanding creative, design, and broader teams who helped us get to this important milestone. ❤️
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Genius AI retweeted
125K customers and just getting started. So excited for this incredible team as they give the world's service professionals their own personal genius.
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
GlossGenius just rebranded to Genius AI and raised $44M at $1.15B valuation. Lux Capital led. Bessemer, Imaginary Ventures, L Catterton Growth also in. The number that matters: 112 million admin hours saved across 125,000 businesses. Nearly $200M in ARR. $7B in annual sales facilitated. What Genius AI is doing is not generic AI. It started in beauty and wellness, scheduling appointments, payments, and staff for independent hair stylists and makeup artists. Almost died during COVID. Survived. Now runs the full business stack for physical-economy service providers. The pattern I keep seeing: the most durable AI applications in 2026 are narrow, vertical, and deeply integrated into the actual workflow. Not horizontal tools trying to replace every SaaS category at once. Comparable companies in the physical service economy: Vagaro ($500M+ valuation), Mindbody (acquired by Vista), Boulevard (raised $70M Series C). All started with scheduling. Genius AI went further into the actual business operating system. My read on the rebrand: Genius AI is signaling it is not a tool category. It is building the infrastructure layer for how physical service businesses run. The $1.15B valuation reflects how much margin there is in automating the 112M hours of admin work that nobody wanted to do anyway. nitter.net/trygenius_ai/status/20…
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
3 weeks into being a part of Genius AI and I couldn't be more grateful to this incredibly hardworking team! 🎉 The focus, dedication, and creativity is top tier! Helping 125,000+ businesses around the US reclaim 112M+ hours of admin work. Excited to be part of what's next 🚀
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
AI is one of biggest technological shifts of our lifetime. But unlike large enterprises, small businesses have historically been the last to benefit from breakthroughs in technology. @trygenius_ai is making world-class AI accessible to the service businesses that need it most. Grateful to @DCohenShohet, @Leahcs, and the entire team for giving me the opportunity to watch that vision up close.
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
had to come out of X retirement for this major milestone at @trygenius_ai. grateful to be leading our talented brand team and for this next chapter of helping small businesses do more of what they love 🤘
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
Incredible example of AI making human work more valuable. Excited to see what the future holds for @DCohenShohet and the @trygenius_ai team !
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
Genius is one of the most impressive software stories, automating independent business and the in-person economy. Now $200m of revenue, over 100k customers, and @DCohenShohet is just getting going. Also what a baller domain - Genius.ai!
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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美容室の予約管理ソフトから始まったスタートアップGenius AI(旧GlossGenius)が、シリーズDで約70億円調達し、評価額約1,800億円のユニコーンに ・年間売上300億円超 ・長年、外部資本に頼らず自己資金経営 ・125,000社が利用 ・管理業務を推計1億1,200万時間削減 ━━ 事業概要 ━━ 「AIモデルがより多くの知識労働を自動化するにつれ、人間対人間の仕事の重要性は、増していく」 美容・ウェルネスという米国で最も技術的に取り残された領域から始め、エステスパ、整体、理学療法、フィットネス、クリニックなど「健康隣接」領域へ拡大 予約、決済、集客、顧客管理、スタッフ管理を1つに統合したソリューションを提供する
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
112M admin hours saved, $2B in extra revenue made for businesses, and 624M client touchpoints powered for the service economy by @trygenius_ai. It’s been thrilling to watch @DCohenShohet and @Leahcs build this company from the ground up. This is just the beginning 🚀
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
danielle is unstoppably good. v exciting rebrand and increase in scope and ambition.
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
125,000 businesses. 112M hours of admin saved. And they're just getting started. Congrats to @DCohenShohet and the @trygenius_ai team on the Series D - very lucky to be an early investor in this company at @2048vc (h/t @alexiskold)!
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
Genius AI is bringing intelligence to the physical economy, where some of the most valuable and human work in our daily lives takes place. Since Day 1, we have been obsessed with helping talented practitioners do what only they can do as technology takes on the repetitive tasks. We’re excited to share that we raised a Series D at a $1.15B valuation to accelerate our vision. We are also announcing a new brand, Genius AI, as our platform and customer footprint have evolved. Alongside our core flagship GlossGenius product, we’re releasing products that run more of the admin work on their own, so business owners can finally do what they dreamed of. To the 125,000 businesses who have trusted us to save them 112M hours of admin work and earn billions of dollars in extra revenue already, thank you for your partnership. Our work is just beginning as we make your most repetitive workflows disappear. Grateful for our investors, including @Lux_Capital that led the round with participation from @BessemerVP @ImaginaryFund @2048vc @L_Catterton and @StepStoneVC . Here’s a note from our founders @DCohenShohet @Leahcs with more detail below ⬇️
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Genius AI retweeted
Everyone asks if my twin and I ever swap places for meetings 👀. The real advantage: we do more in less time. We’re now Genius AI. Serving 125,000 businesses in half of all US zip codes. That advantage is what we want every owner of a local business to feel. Excited for what’s ahead!
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
big moves!!!!!
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
The all in on ai pivot reaccelerating businesses is awesome
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
Danielle is a legendary entrepreneur the world will soon (and should) know
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
Worth watching this one.
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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Genius AI retweeted
What a great story and company. Also a refreshing brand and visual approach. Good job to the team behind this positioning and launch.
Introducing Genius AI: the platform handling scheduling, payments & admin for service businesses. GlossGenius is now part of Genius AI. We’re nearing $200M ARR, powering over 125K businesses. We’re also announcing our Series D at a $1.15B valuation, with $125M raised to date.
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