# Graphite

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/graphite

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.graphite.com
- Total disclosed funding: $72M
- Latest round: Series B (Mar 17, 2025)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2020 by CEO Merrill Lutsky, Tomas Reimers, and Greg Foster, Screenplay Studios Inc. trading under the name Graphite operates an open-source CLI (command line interface) and code review tools built to help developers write as well as review incremental changes. In December 2025, Cursor, a portfolio company of NVIDIA Corporation, Google Inc., Accel, Benchmark, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, DST Global, Thrive Capital, and Openai Startup Fund Management agreed to acquired Graphite from Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Figma Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Shopify Ventures, and The General Partnership. The December 2025 acquisition enables Cursor to combine Graphite’s code-review and debugging tools with its own platform, streamline multi-step code changes, and speed up the process from writing code to releasing products. Graphite provides open-source CLI and a code review dashboard that allows developers to create and submit stacked changes easily as well as offers intuitive commands, support for stacks, and more. The company’s platform allows enables developers to synchronize their PRs, reviews, and comments with GitHub. The company generates revenue through tiered user subscriptions, AI-review add-ons, and enterprise contracts.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Mar 17, 2025, $52M — Accel, Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, The General Partnership, Figma Ventures, Shopify Ventures
- Series A, May 2, 2022, $20M — Andreessen Horowitz

## Investors

- Andreessen Horowitz (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/andreessen-horowitz) — Series A, Series B
- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series B
- Menlo Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/menlo-ventures) — Series B
- The General Partnership (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-general-partnership) — Series B
- Figma Ventures — Series B
- Shopify Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shopify-ventures) — Series B