AI-text detection and writing analysis tool for educators and enterprises
AI📍 New York, NYFounded 2023
Current Valuation
Private
as of 2024-Q2
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is GPTZero going public?
No. GPTZero is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is GPTZero's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for GPTZero. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has GPTZero filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for GPTZero.
Who are GPTZero's investors?
GPTZero's investors include Footwork, Reach Capital, Uncork Capital, Neo.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
GPTZero is an AI-text detection tool founded by Edward Tian in early 2023 to help educators, publishers, and enterprises identify AI-generated content. The company expanded into a broader 'writing analysis' platform with Origin, which surfaces the writing process inside Google Docs. Profitable and growing fast — Sacra estimates ~$24M ARR by 2025, up 253% year-over-year. Raised a $10M Series A in June 2024 led by Footwork.
Company Profile
CEO
Edward Tian
Founded
2023
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~30
Total Raised
$13.5M
Est. Revenue
$24M (2025-Q3)
Growth
~253% YoY ARR growth
Last Round
Series A — $10M (Jun 2024) · Lead: Footwork
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series A · $10M · 2y 2mo ago
privateTotal raised $13.5M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series A
$10M
Jun 2024
Footwork
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
29
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "GPTZero" as of 2026-08-20. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
9
via ashby
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 4 of 9 open roles are engineering.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
LLM Engineer (GenAI, NYC) Software Developer in TestSr. Product DesignerSr. Product ManagerSr. Product Designer - TorontoSr. Product Manager - Toronto
Counted from GPTZero's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Edward TianAlex Cui
Investors
Footwork · Reach Capital · Uncork Capital · Neo
Products
GPTZero AI text detector (consumer + API)
Origin (writing-process visibility for educators)
Enterprise AI-detection API and integrations
Competitors
Turnitin · Originality.ai · Copyleaks · Winston AI
AI DetectionEdTechWriting ToolsCompliance
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.