artificial intelligence storytelling startup tome has seen its user numbers triple in a month to 3 million and is planning to launch a paid subscription in the coming weeks chief executive keith peiris told reuters as ai products grow in popularity tome is also adding a documenttopresentation feature powered by gpt4 the latest foundation model released by microsoftbacked openai the feature enables users to turn a document of up to 25 pages into aigenerated slides with text and soon photos competing headtohead with microsofts ai copilot tome is one of many ai productivity startups that are in a race with the big tech such as microsoft and google to release aipowered products which could change the way people write and communicate at work its a push into work and enterprise use cases for us after all the demand weve seen said peiris cofounder of tome we want to use ai to shape and aid in every part of the process of taking an idea in your head and then translating it to a compelling story the user growth and product launch came as the san franciscobased company raised 43 million in a funding round led by lightspeed venture partners last month at a 300 million valuation it also counts greylock and coatue as its backers tomes product is currently free to use while it will soon launch a paid tier that costs about 10 a month to guarantee unlimited access for users peiris said it serves many startup clients as well as college students startups tend to be faster moving iterating and deploying new technologies because they dont have an existing customer base said reid hoffman partner at greylock that invested in tome who also sits on the board of microsoftfacebooktwitterlinkedinend of article10910131298799128