About

Monogram is the first visual interface for AI.
Our brains are wired for vision. Half of our neural horsepower is dedicated to visual input. Evolution didn't train us to parse bullet points—it trained us to spot tigers in the bushes. That's why we process visuals 60,000 times faster than text and that’s why we are building Monogram, a visual user interface for AI.

Monogram is the first platform that lets LLMs control the entire user experience. By combining voice with UI generated on the fly, we create an experience that’s far more powerful and engaging than a chatbot. We believe this paradigm will redefine how software is built.

This user experience is consistent, as if a single designer crafted entire flows, hundreds of thousands of different interfaces, just for you, just for what you are trying to do at a moment in time, "on the fly", in just 1 or 2 seconds.

We're a deeply technical team of engineers and designers, tucked away in San Carlos, obsessively shaping the next interface for AI. Backed by top-tier investors behind category-defining companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Airbnb, Robinhood, Stripe, DoorDash, Shopify, and Slack.

We're building a consumer app powered by this new technology stack. To do this, we're looking for the best iOS Engineers in the world.

What You’ll Work On

You will create the building blocks for Monogram's User Interface.

Including:

Build the interfaces and components that power Monogram’s AI-native app
Build state of the art transitions and animations to bring the app to life
Create a core navigation and architecture for our iOS app
Craft elegant, pixel perfect and beautiful interfaces
Work hand in hand with engineers and designers

You’d be a great fit if

You’re curious and you like to explore new design paradigms enabled by AI
You can operate with ambiguity and strive in a startup environment
You can build quickly and iteratively
You care deeply about pixel-perfect execution, motion design, and high-fidelity animations

You build iOS apps or features you’re proud of and want to showcase
You’re fluent in swift and have deep experience with the Apple ecosystem including SwiftUI and UIKit
You have a great understanding of modern client-server networking patterns and tools including WebSockets and gRPC

About the company

Monogram creates a new way to interact with AI by replacing text chat with dynamic, visual mini-app interfaces. It offers a free iPhone app that, for each user query, instantly generates a custom interactive UI (like a calendar, option-tiles, or visual planners) that synthesizes data from multiple sources to guide tasks such as travel planning, recipes, or product comparisons. Unlike traditional chatbots, Monogram focuses on visual-first experiences to reduce cognitive load and make AI actions intuitive. Its goal is to establish a foundational AI user interface for personal computing, similar in impact to the mouse, web browser, or multi-touch screens.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$40M

Headquarters

San Carlos, California

Founded

2025

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Monogram launched June 30, 2026 with a $40 million seed from DST and Lux.
Apple App Store ratings reached 53 by September 2026, showing early consumer pull.
August 3, 2026 calendar integration and saved pages expand retention and daily utility.

What critics are saying

ChatGPT now ships visual responses, charts, widgets, and images across iOS and web.
Monogram remains beta-only, iPhone-only, and Google-Sign-In-only, blocking broader adoption.
If visual interfaces commoditize, Monogram becomes a feature inside OpenAI or Apple.

What makes Monogram unique

Eren Bali, founder of Udemy and Carbon Health, anchors Monogram's credibility.
Monogram turns queries into interactive visual interfaces, not text threads, from an iPhone app.
The app integrates Google Calendar and scheduling into responses, making it workflow-native.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

Swipeline

Jul 7th, 2026

Monogram raises $40M seed to build visual AI interface beyond chatbots

Monogram, a startup building user interfaces for artificial general intelligence, has raised $40 million in seed funding led by DST Global and Lux Capital. The round included participation from Conviction, SOMA Capital, Gradient Ventures, e2vc, and Maxitech, alongside angel investors including Mistral AI co-founder Arthur Mensch, Lyft co-founder Logan Green, and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan. Founded by Eren Bali, creator of Udemy and Carbon Health, alongside Edouard Tabet and Murat Akbal, Monogram believes artificial intelligence deserves better user experiences than chat interfaces. The startup responds to user queries through visual and interactive interfaces generated within seconds rather than text. For example, when users request a recipe, the app creates an interactive card with ingredients and steps. Monogram argues that whilst AI tools have become more powerful, users still communicate with them solely through text, similar to early command-line computers that only technical users could operate.

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